Culture . . . seeks to do away with classes; to make the be… - Matthew Arnold

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Culture . . . seeks to do away with classes; to make the best that has been thought and known in the world current everywhere; to make all men live in an atmosphere of sweetness and light...

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Matthew Arnold (December 24 1822 – April 15 1888) was an English poet, essayist and cultural critic. He also pursued a career as an inspector of schools.

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The wheels of life
Stand never idle, but go always round.

- To the Duke of Wellington

The sea is calm tonight.
The tide is full, the moon lies fair
Upon the straits;- on the French coast the light
Gleams and is gone; the cliffs of England stand,
glimmering and vast, out in the tranquil bay.

What shelter to grow ripe is ours? What leisure to grow wise?

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