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Description:Excerpt from The Choice of Heracles: An Address Before the Literary Societies of Hampden-Sidney College Once more, at the close of another age - that of feudal Europe - do we find men considering intensely the rights, and even more the wrongs, of the individual. We are taught to look upon the defense of Calas by Voltaire as psychologically the highest moment of a great career of illumination. It is perhaps unnecessary to suggest that each of these periods of divagation of the interests of the citizen from those of the state was followed by a subjugation of thedearest of all individual rights - that of political liberty; that Philip and his son put out forever the lamp of Greek liberty; that Augustus destroyed the fabric which more than anything material represented the grandeur that was Rome; that Napoleon crushed during a cruel hour a nascent national independence. It is equally unnecessary to deduce from what has been said that individuals find their freest expression only under personal tyranny, which, depriving them of concern in the welfare of all, diverts them to a private fingering and fondling of their own souls. It is enough to realize that we are living to-day in another such age of dissent from the standards of the past; that our literary prophets drive home disillusion in order to make us modern - Ibsen, behind the leering mask of comedy, with the same clairvoyance as moved Erasmus or Lucretius. Our search is, then, for a gospel which each of us may interpret as authority for the freest choice of moral stand ards; and we hurry through all beliefs, dissecting as we go those which have been held in the most sacred esteem. We seek natural explanations of those dear prejudices which have moved men to wonder and secret sympathy through countless ages, and what was religion has for some become merely mores, taboos, sun myths - an interesting subject for research, but no longer a restraint of conduct. And so our modern system of education, discontent with the studies which have moved men to high and noble endeavor, prescribes in place of them a pabulum of applied science - the most reasonable, as it is the most dreary, of the utilities of the modern world. We hear accepted lead ers of Opinion insist that we shall no longer waste our time with building of character; that the true end of education is to sharpen our wits for the con ict of life, to arm our selves with weapons of immediate use. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Choice of Heracles: An Address Before the Literary Societies of Hampden-Sidney College (Classic Reprint). To get started finding The Choice of Heracles: An Address Before the Literary Societies of Hampden-Sidney College (Classic Reprint), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Excerpt from The Choice of Heracles: An Address Before the Literary Societies of Hampden-Sidney College Once more, at the close of another age - that of feudal Europe - do we find men considering intensely the rights, and even more the wrongs, of the individual. We are taught to look upon the defense of Calas by Voltaire as psychologically the highest moment of a great career of illumination. It is perhaps unnecessary to suggest that each of these periods of divagation of the interests of the citizen from those of the state was followed by a subjugation of thedearest of all individual rights - that of political liberty; that Philip and his son put out forever the lamp of Greek liberty; that Augustus destroyed the fabric which more than anything material represented the grandeur that was Rome; that Napoleon crushed during a cruel hour a nascent national independence. It is equally unnecessary to deduce from what has been said that individuals find their freest expression only under personal tyranny, which, depriving them of concern in the welfare of all, diverts them to a private fingering and fondling of their own souls. It is enough to realize that we are living to-day in another such age of dissent from the standards of the past; that our literary prophets drive home disillusion in order to make us modern - Ibsen, behind the leering mask of comedy, with the same clairvoyance as moved Erasmus or Lucretius. Our search is, then, for a gospel which each of us may interpret as authority for the freest choice of moral stand ards; and we hurry through all beliefs, dissecting as we go those which have been held in the most sacred esteem. We seek natural explanations of those dear prejudices which have moved men to wonder and secret sympathy through countless ages, and what was religion has for some become merely mores, taboos, sun myths - an interesting subject for research, but no longer a restraint of conduct. And so our modern system of education, discontent with the studies which have moved men to high and noble endeavor, prescribes in place of them a pabulum of applied science - the most reasonable, as it is the most dreary, of the utilities of the modern world. We hear accepted lead ers of Opinion insist that we shall no longer waste our time with building of character; that the true end of education is to sharpen our wits for the con ict of life, to arm our selves with weapons of immediate use. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Choice of Heracles: An Address Before the Literary Societies of Hampden-Sidney College (Classic Reprint). To get started finding The Choice of Heracles: An Address Before the Literary Societies of Hampden-Sidney College (Classic Reprint), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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