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 MATTHEW ARNOLD'S 
 
 NOTEBOOKS 
 
 WITH A PREFACE 
 
 BY 
 
 THE HON. MRS. WODEHOUSE 
 
 AND A PORTRAIT 
 
 LONDON 
 SMITH, ELDER, & CO., 15 WATERLOO PLACE 
 
 1902 
 
 [All rights reserved]
 
 
 PREFACE 
 
 My father used often to say, half jokingly, that if anyone 
 would ever take the trouble to collect all the extracts 
 from various writers which he had copied in his note- 
 books, there would be found a volume of priceless 
 worth. My mother transcribed a great part of the con- 
 tents of these notebooks after my father's death ; but she 
 died before she could finish this work. 
 
 The note-books or Diaries extend over a period of 
 thirty-seven years. They are little, long, narrow books. 
 The space in them is limited, and they served, not only 
 as his record of official engagements, but as his literary 
 note-books, in which were entered any passages that 
 struck him in his daily reading. Certain favourite 
 quotations appear and reappear, and they furnish 
 living illustrations of many of the principles again and 
 again insisted upon in his prose writings. ' One must,
 
 vi Mat tin iv Arnold's Notebooks 
 
 I think,' he says, in his Preface to the first edition of 
 ' Culture and Anarchy,' ' be struck more and more the 
 longer one lives, to find how much, in our present 
 society, a man's life of each day depends for its solidity 
 and value on whether he reads during that day, and, 
 far more still, on what he reads during it.' The 
 dictum first laid down in the ' Essays in Criticism ' 
 (Preface), and constantly repeated in some form or 
 other, ' that it is the business of criticism to know 
 and make known the best that is known and thought in 
 the world,' is here shown to be his life-long practice. 
 The quotations are in English, French, German, 
 Italian, Latin, and Greek. 
 
 In the blank pages at the end of some of the note- 
 books, he made a list of all the books he wished to read 
 during the year. Through those books which he did 
 read he drew a black line ; these lists I have repro- 
 duced at the end of each year's extracts as they occur. 
 In order to present these note-books in the most 
 characteristic and at the same time a compendious 
 form, it has been decided to take every fifth year, un- 
 abridged, from 1863 to 1 838, the last year of my 
 father's life, besides the earliest entries, brief and irregular,
 
 Preface vii 
 
 between 1852 and 1861, which, together, barely equal 
 in bulk the entries for a single year at a later period. 
 On New Year's Day 1882, he wrote to his sister 
 ('Letters,' ii. 196): 'I am glad to find that in the 
 past year I have at least accomplished more than usual 
 in the way of reading the books which at the beginning 
 of the year I had put down to be read. I always do 
 this, and I do not expect to read all I put down, but 
 sometimes I fall much too short of what I proposed, and 
 this year things have been a good deal better. The 
 importance of reading, not slight stuff to get through 
 the time, but the best that has been written, forces 
 itself upon me more and more every year I live ; it is 
 living in good company, the best company, and people 
 are generally quite keen enough, or too keen, about 
 doing that, yet they will not do it in the simplest and 
 best manner by reading. However, if I live to be 
 eighty I shall probably be the only person left in 
 England who reads anything but newspapers and 
 scientific publications.' 
 
 Excepting the repetitions of those which are noted 
 as recurring in the same year, the passages are printed 
 precisely in the order in which they stand. They were
 
 viii Matthew Arnold's Notebooks 
 
 written in and out, wherever a convenient space offered 
 itself ; but there is a deep unconscious significance in 
 the days chosen for the latest entries. The passage 
 chosen for Sunday, April 15, 1888, is from Ecclesiasticus 
 xxxviii : ' Weep bitterly over the dead, as he is worthy, 
 and then comfort thyself; drive heaviness away: thou 
 shalt not do him good, but hurt thyself.' That Sunday 
 afternoon he died suddenly. For the next Sunday, the 
 Sunday after his burial, he had written these other 
 words from Ecclesiasticus : ' When the dead is at rest, 
 let his remembrance rest ; and be comforted for him 
 when his spirit is departed from him.' 
 
 Eleanor Wodehouse. 
 October, 1902.
 
 CONTENTS 
 
 Notebooks for 1852 and 1856 
 Notebook for 1857 
 
 1858 . 
 
 1859 
 
 i860 . 
 
 1861 
 
 1863 . . • 
 
 1868 
 
 1873 ■ 
 1878 
 
 1883 . . . 
 1888 
 
 I'AGE 
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 14 
 17 
 23 
 58 
 76 
 104 
 127 
 
 Portrait of Matthew Arnold 
 
 (From a Photograph) 
 
 Facsimile Pages from Notebooks 
 
 Frontispiece 
 To face p. 28
 
 MATTHEW ARNOLD'S NOTEBOOKS 
 
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 II m'a souvent passe par l'esprit, dit Gonville, que les 
 hommes ont leurs proprietes a peu pres comme les 
 herbes, et que leur bonheur consiste d'avoir ete destines 
 ou de s'etre destines eux-memes aux choses pour les- 
 quelles ils etaient nes. 
 
 1856 
 
 Vera hominis felicitas et beatitudo in sola sapientia 
 et veri cognitione consistit. 
 
 Je n'appelle priere un choix et un arrangement de 
 paroles lancees vers le ciel, mais un entretien de la pensee 
 avec l'ideal de lumiere et de perfections infinies. 
 
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 Matthew Arnold's Notebooks [1857 
 
 1857 
 
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 Ka/xrei ft'r/Twi', evSaifiova 7rpuar(ret. Eurip. 
 
 Kpeurtrwv yap "AiSa 
 
 KCvOmv 6 vo(ra)j' pLt'irav. Sophocl 
 
 . . . Qui sibi fidit 
 Dux regit examen. 
 
 Secundum propositum nostrum est cursus profectus 
 nostri. 
 
 Semper aliquid certi proponendum est. 
 
 Ein unniitz Leben ist ein friiher Tod. 
 
 Das Wenige verschwindet leicht dem Blicke 
 Der vorwarts sieht wie viel noch librig bleibt. 
 
 Le travail qui creuse, l'attention qui concentre, la 
 puissance de talent qui realise.
 
 1857] Matthew Arnold's Notebooks 3 
 
 Omni die renovare debem is propositum nostrum, 
 dicentes ' nunc hodie perfecte incipiamus, quia nihil est, 
 quod hactenus fecimus.' 
 
 Rard etiam unum vitium perfecte vincimus, et ad 
 quotidianum profectum non accendimur : ideo frigidi et 
 tepidi remanemus. 
 
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 Matthew Arnold's Notebooks [1858 
 
 1858 
 
 Omai convien che tu cosi ti spoltre, 
 
 Disse '1 Maestro : che, seggendo in piuma, 
 In fama non si vien, ne sotto coltre. 
 
 Inferno, xxiv. 
 
 Lascio lo fele, e vo pei dolci pomi, 
 Promessi a me per lo verace Duca • 
 Ma fino al centro pria convien ch' io tomi. 
 [H. Heine.] 
 
 E piu P ingegno affreno ch' io non soglio, 
 Perche non corra, che virtu nol guidi ; 
 
 Si che, se Stella buona, o miglior cosa 
 M' ha dato il ben, ch' io stesso nol m' invidi. 
 
 Es ist besser das geringste Ding von der Welt zu thun, 
 als eine halbe Stunde fur gering halten. 
 
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 1858] Matthew Arnold's Notebooks 5 
 
 Weil es nun einmal ein verschrobenes Publicum 
 giebt, das seiner Natur nach nur an verschnorkelter 
 Musick Vergniigen finclet, so soil man, nach Aristoteles, 
 ihm cla wo es an Festen Vergniigen und Erholung sucht, 
 auch solche minder gute Musick bieten, es nicht durch 
 ganz gute Musick langweilen und bessern wollen. 
 
 Non arctandus est mundus ad angustias intellects, 
 sed expandendus intellectus ad mundi imaginem recipi- 
 endam. 
 
 Sciential non per arrogantiam in humani ingenii 
 cellulis, sed submisse in mundo majore quaerendas sunt. 
 
 Science is the edifice of the world in the human 
 mind. 
 
 The o-Tao-Lfjiov was, amid the press and tumult of the 
 action, to maintain that composure of mind which the 
 Greeks deemed indispensable to the enjoyment of a 
 work of art. 
 
 The 3 tokens of genius : extraordinary understand- 
 ing, extraordinary conduct, and extraordinary exertion. 
 
 The 3 things that improve genius : proper exertion, 
 frequent exertion and successful exertion.
 
 6 MattJieiv Arnold's Notebooks [is, 5 8 
 
 The 3 things that support genius : prosperity, social 
 acquaintance, and applause. 
 
 The 3 pillars of judgment : bold design, frequent 
 practice, and frequent mistakes. 
 
 The 3 pillars of learning : seeing much, suffering 
 much, and studying much. 
 
 The 3 embellishments of song : fine invention, happy 
 subject, and masterly harmonious composition. 
 
 That which Kant affirmed to be prior to all know- 
 ledge is not itself knowledge, but consists of the 
 knowledge-forming faculties, which in themselves are 
 empty. These pure faculties are called by him the 
 'pure reason.' This consists of powers that constitute 
 man as man, the essence of humanity. The conditions 
 which, as necessary functions, precede experience, Kant 
 called 'transcendental.' 
 
 Bacon asked how and by what means are natural 
 phenomena possible : Kant asked how and by what 
 means are physics, mathematics, and metaphysics pos- 
 sible. 
 
 Bacon discovered the empirical philosophy : Kant, 
 the transcendental or critical philosophy.
 
 1858] Matthew Arnold's Notebooks J 
 
 Wenn der Zuschauer mit dem Tragischen Helden 
 zusammenfliesst, so verschwindet vor der Wonne, welche 
 dieses Heraustreten ans den eignen Selbst begleitet, das 
 Gefiihl der Pein welches avrb to ird6o<; an sich erregen 
 konnte. 
 
 Nachdem ein Mitleid der eigne Selbst zum Selbst 
 der ganzen Menschheit erweitert worden, es sick den 
 fnrchtbar erhabenen Gesetzen des Alls und ihrer die 
 Menschheit umfassenden unbegreiflichen Macht von 
 Angesicht zn Angesiclzt gegenilberstellt und sich von 
 derjenigen Art der Furcht durchdritigen fiihlt, welche, als 
 ekstatischer Schauder vor dem All, zugleich in hochster 
 und ungetriibter Weise hedonisch ist. 
 
 What is the cause of this love for pain, in this modi- 
 fication of it? It is, says St. Augustine, because 
 Jemcuid will zwar nicht leidend aber wohl mitleidend 
 sein ; and this desire springs aus dem Quell hingebender 
 Menschenliebe. 
 
 Die Tragodie, nach Aristoteles, muss dem Menschen 
 sein Verhaltniss zum All so darstellen, dass die von 
 dorther auf ihn driickende Empfindung, unter denen 
 Wucht die Menge dumpf dahinwandelt, (wahrend die 
 edlern Gemiither sich gegen dieselbe eben an Religion
 
 8 Matthew Arnold's Notebooks [1858 
 
 und Philosophic aufzurichten streben) fur Augenblicke 
 in litstvoller Schaudem ansbreche. 
 
 Katharsis : cine Behandlung des Beklommenen, 
 welche das ihn beklemmende Element nicht zuriickzu- 
 drangen sucht, sondern es mifregen, hervortreiben, und 
 dadurch Erleichterung bewirken will.
 
 1859] Matthexv Arnold's Notebooks 
 
 1859 
 
 Semper aliquid certi proponendum est. 
 
 II ben richiesto al vero, e al trastullo. 
 
 Tu te sentiras heureux a mesure que tu decouvriras, 
 dans l'art, des sources d'emotion, de recueillement et 
 d'enthousiasme que tu ne fais encore que deviner. 
 
 Je fais des vers, pour le besoin de me decoller l'esprit 
 et les pieds de la terre ou Ton marche. 
 
 Je desire des conditions d'existence assez stables et 
 assez douces pour me permettre de faire, de mon talent, 
 le resume de ma valeur intellectuelle et morale. 
 
 Les saines habitudes de la maturite. 
 
 Des jours de foi, de sante, d'emotion que je traverse 
 ne me sont pas envoyes pour que j'en attende le resultat, 
 incertain par rapport a mon progres futur.
 
 io Mat til civ Arnold's Notebooks [1859 
 
 Songe a tous ces vaillans artistes du passee qui traver- 
 serent des maux si grands, des revers si tragiques ou des 
 souffrances si ameres, sans jamais trouver l'heure bien- 
 faisante ou ils eussent savoure la fortune et la gloire. lis 
 ont produit quand merae ; ils ont ete feconds et inspires 
 dans la tourmente.
 
 1860] Matthew Arnold's Notebooks n 
 
 [860 
 
 Vitam aeternam dedit nobis Deus, et hsec vita in Filio 
 ejus est. 
 
 Qui habet Filium, habet vitam ; qui non habet 
 Filium, vitam non habet. 
 
 II existe en dehors de l'Eglise un certain nombre 
 d'ames, qui ont conserve un tres vif sentiment des 
 miseres morales de notre temps, et garde le desir d'y 
 porter remede. 
 
 Ou l'ecole de l'Encyclopedie n'avait vu qu'un amas 
 incoherent de superstitions barbares, ils ont reconnu la 
 plus grande religion qui eut jamais aspire a faire le 
 bonheur du monde. 
 
 Let him reflect on the transmigrations of men caused 
 by their sinful deeds, on their downfall into a region of 
 darkness, and their torments in the mansion of Yama ; 
 
 On their separation from those whom they love, and 
 their union with those whom they hate, on their strength
 
 12 Matthew Arnold's Notebooks [i860 
 
 overpowered by old age, and their bodies racked by 
 disease ; 
 
 On their agonising departure from this corporeal 
 frame, their formation again in the womb, and the glid- 
 ings of this vital spirit through the thousand millions of 
 passages ; 
 
 On the misery attached to embodied spirits from a 
 violation of their duties, and the imperishable bliss 
 attached to them from their abundant performance of 
 all duties. 
 
 Wir aber, wie ich nun immer deutlicher von Polygnot 
 und Homer lerne, die Holle eigentlich hier oben vorzu- 
 stellen haben. 
 
 Ne soyez pas inquiet ni decourage de votre avenir. 
 II sera beau s'il est utile, car voyez-vous, je vais vous 
 tenir un langage tout oppose a celui du monde. D'autres 
 vous diront : Sacrifiez tout a l'ambition. Moi, je vous 
 dis : Sacrifiez avant tout l'ambition, comme l'entend le 
 monde ; c'est-a-dire ne vous souciez ni de fortune ni 
 de renommee ; marchez droit vers un seul but, celui 
 d'eclairer vos semblables, n'importe dans quelle condition 
 et par quel moyen. 
 
 Pour moi, je ne connais que deux choses, et ces deux
 
 1860] Matthew Arnold's Notebooks 13 
 
 choses ne font qu'un seul et meme precepte : aimer 
 l'humanite, et ne tenir aucun compte de ses prejuges. 
 Mepriser l'erreur, c'est vouloir l'homme, n'est-il-pas ? 
 Quant au temps perdu que vous regrettez, vous etes assez 
 jeune pour le regagner amplement. Moi aussi, j'ai ete 
 un peu frivole : et puis, apres avoir un peu follement 
 depense mes belles annees, je me suis releve, et je 
 marche. Je suis vigoureusement constitue ; vous l'etes 
 aussi. Je travaille douze heures par jour, et cela est 
 possible a quiconque n'est pas chetif et souffreteux. Jetez- 
 vous dans l'etude, et laissez les incapables chercher le 
 plaisir. lis ne le trouveront pas 011 ils croient, et vous 
 le trouverez ou il est, c'est-a-dire dans la paix de la 
 conscience et dans l'exercice des nobles facultes. 
 
 By meditating on the Divine essence, let him extin- 
 guish all qualities repugnant to the nature of God. 
 
 Let him observe, with extreme application of mind, 
 the progress of this internal spirit through various bodies, 
 high and low, a progress hard to be discerned by men 
 with unimproved intellects. 
 
 He who fully understands the perpetual omnipresence 
 of God can be led no more captive by criminal acts.
 
 14 MattJiew Arnold's Notebooks [iS6i 
 
 1861 
 
 %TrdpT<u' eXa^es, %TrapTav Koa/xet. 
 
 Le peche n'a ni etre ni subsistence, et ne peut pro- 
 duire que le mal, en reduisant au neant ceux qui le 
 commettent. 
 
 N'estimons rien de grand que ce qui nous manque 
 encore. 
 
 Les peches (meme veniels) privent Tame de la 
 familiarite de Dieu ; ils rendent l'esprit paresseux et 
 languissant a. faire le bien. 
 
 Toutes les choses que la nature aime, elle se les 
 reserve a elle seule, sans en vouloir faire part a. d'autres ; 
 mais la grace ne veut pas jouir seule de son amour : elle 
 le communique. 
 
 Nous nous melons de beaucoup de choses sans 
 necessite.
 
 180.] Matthew Arnold's Notebooks 15 
 
 The love of good, without which is no working. 
 
 L'homme est veritablement un compose d'eternite et 
 de temps ; plus il s'attache aux choses temporelles et s'y 
 repose, plus il s'eloigne des choses eternelles. 
 
 La foi, veritable attraction spirituelle qui fait que 
 Fame gravite sans cesse vers le foyer divin, dont elle 
 emane. 
 
 KaXol 61 vofxoi <rcf>68p' eicru', 6 8' bpwv toii? vojaovs Xiav 
 a.Kpif3u)<; avKOcpdvTrj<; (paiverai. 
 
 II faut que les esprits soient satisfaits et s'elevent en 
 meme temps que les interets se sentent garantis et se 
 confient. 
 
 Knowledge dwells 
 In heads replete with thoughts of other men ; 
 Wisdom, in minds attentive to their own. 
 
 Gerson said : 
 
 The reformation of the Church must have its 
 beginning among the young children. 
 
 In a letter to the students of the College of Navarre, 
 written from Bruges, he says :
 
 1 6 Matthew Arnold's Notebooks [1861 
 
 Credendum est quod in tanta angustia temporis, et 
 inter tot animarum pericula non multum placebit ludere, 
 ne dicam phantasiari, circa ea quae prorsus supervacua 
 sunt. 
 
 II faut tacher d'etre bon, d'adoucir son caractere, de 
 calmer ses passions, de posseder son ame, d'ecarter les 
 haines injustes, d'attendrir son humeur autant que cela 
 est en nous, et quand on ne le peut pas, de sauver du 
 moins son esprit du desordre de son cceur, d'affranchir 
 ses jugements de la tyrannie des passions. 
 
 Vauvenargues (died at 32), 
 
 n'aspirant qu'a etre etendu et conciliant ! 
 
 Le laisser aller est dangereux dans le bonheur ; il l'est 
 bien plus dans le malheur. Quand je suis malheureux, 
 je tire l'epee de son fourreau et je combats ma peine a. 
 outrance. Bonstetten (died at 86).
 
 1863] Matthew Arnold's Notebooks 17 
 
 1863 
 Semper aliquid certi proponendum est. 
 
 Le sens precis de ces compositions [the Prophets of 
 Michael Angelo] nous echappera probablement toujours : 
 mais aussi longtemps qu'il y aura des hommes, elles 
 attireront, comme dest le but de Fart, les esprits vers le 
 monde obscur de l'ideal. 
 
 Je vois avec joie la solitude se faire autour de moi : 
 c'est mon element, ma vie. On ne fait rien qu'avec la 
 solitude : c'est mon grand axiome. Un homme se fait 
 en dedans de lui et non en dehors. 
 
 Parler et ecrire, vivre solitaire et dans l'etude, voila 
 mon ame tout entiere. Du reste, l'avenir achevera de 
 me justifier, et encore plus le jugement de Dieu. Un 
 homme a toujours son heure : il suffit qu'il l'attende, et 
 qu'il ne fasse rien contre la Providence. 
 
 Se retirer en soi et en Dieu est la plus grande force 
 qui soit au monde. Lacordaire. 
 
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 1 8 Matthew Arnold's Notebooks [1863 
 
 Aimer le beau avec passion, et par la beaute atteindre 
 a la grandeur ! 
 
 Chez les Grecs, l'ideal passait dans la vie, parce qu'ils 
 savaient tout simplifier, meme le bonheur. 
 
 Polygnote, qui preceda Phidias, alia moins loin que 
 lui : il eut le grand style, mais non cette souplesse divine 
 qui constitue la perfection. 
 
 Les races petrifiees dans le dogme ou demoralisees 
 par k* luxe, sont impropres a la conduite de la civilisation. 
 L'absorption hieratique ou marchande amoindrit le 
 rayonnement d'un peuple, abaisse son horizon en 
 abaissant son niveau, et lui retire cette intelligence du 
 but universel, qui fait les nations missionaires. 
 
 La grandeur et la beaute de la France c'est qu'elle 
 prend moins de ventre que les autres peuples. Elle est 
 la premiere eveillee, la derniere endormie. Elle va en 
 avant. Elle est chercheuse. Cela tient a ce qu'elle est 
 artiste. Les peuples artistes sont aussi les peuples 
 consequents. Aimer la beaute, c'est voir la lumiere ; 
 car le beau n'est autre chose que la cime du vrai. Ainsi, 
 lu poesie d'un peuple est Pelement de son progres. 
 
 Les Miscrabks, ix. 199.
 
 1863] Matthew Arnold's Notebooks 19 
 
 Elever et cultiver les esprits, vulgariser Les grands 
 resultats des sciences naturelles et philologiques, tel est 
 le seul moyen de faire comprendre et accepter les idees 
 nouvelles dc la critique. 
 
 Heine on the Bible Society. 
 
 Les propagateurs de la Bible fondent le regne du pur 
 sentiment religieux, dc l'amour du prochain, de la vraie 
 moralite enfin, qui ne peut etre enseignee par des 
 formules scolastico-dogmatiques., mais seulement par des 
 images et des exemples, tels qu'il s'en trouve dans ce 
 saint et beau livre d'education ecrit pour des enfans de 
 tout age, et que nous appelons la Bible. 
 
 Quiconque s'imagine le pouvoir mieux ecrire ne 
 l'entend pas. Fleury (Preface) on the Gospel. 
 
 Le retranchement de l'inutile, le manque meme du 
 necessaire relatif, est la grande route du detachement 
 Chretien, corame de la force antique. 
 
 En general, les grands homines de l'antiquite ont ete 
 pauvres. Aujourd'hui tout le monde echoue la ; on ne 
 sait plus vivre de peu. 
 
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 20 Matthew Arnold's Notebooks [1863 
 
 Un rare esprit d'ordre et de methode, un gout 
 passionne pour le bon arrangement de toutes choses. 
 
 Lacordaire. 
 
 That perpetual stream of thought in the human 
 mind which is the subject of disciplinarian treatment — 
 its susceptibility to every call and image, its liability to 
 slide into endless barren inconsecutiveness. Only by 
 the force of the will is this quick element of thought to 
 be mastered, made to go in one direction, stopped in 
 others. Card. Wiseman. 
 
 ' Car les diligences anglaises offrent aux voyageurs 
 l'avantage de les laisser completement a decouvert.' 
 
 The Provincial of the Order of Passionists 
 in England. 
 
 Le siecle tend vers je ne sais quel inconnu — and the 
 Church of Rome appears alone in possession of this 
 inconnu — giving, elle seule, un essor libre et regulier aux 
 sentiments intimes d'adoration, de mysticisme, de 
 tendresse, et a tant d'autres sentiments qui peuvent 
 s'appeler plus specialement catholiques. 
 
 Newman, in his letter to Jelf.
 
 1863] Matthew Arnold's Notebooks 21 
 
 Pilate said : What is truth ? 
 
 Jesus answered : Truth cometh from heaven. La 
 verite vient du ciel. 
 
 Pilate said : II n'y a done pas de verite sur la terre ? 
 
 Gospel of Nicodemus. 
 
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 iljXL rj aXrjOeia 6s AaAui ttjv aXrjOeiav, /cai 7ra>s iv yr) Kptverai 
 7] uXr/'kia irapa twv e^ovrwv yrftvrjv igov<riav ; 
 
 Manning says : 
 
 When Judaism passed away, nationalism became a 
 heresy within the kingdom of God. It is the mark of 
 heresy to be national and local, as it is of the one 
 universal kingdom to know of no distinction of nations. 
 
 Dublin Revietv after the Malines Congress : 
 
 We are apt to be cowed and scared by the lordly 
 oppression of public opinion and not to bear ourselves 
 as men in the face of the anti-Catholic society of 
 England. It is good to have an habitual consciousness 
 that the public opinion of Catholic Europe looks upon 
 Protestant England with a mixture of impatience and 
 compassion which more than balances the arrogance of 
 the English people towards the Catholic Church in these 
 countries.
 
 22 Matthew Arnold's Notebooks [1863 
 
 The generalities on which the American Declaration 
 of Independence was grounded were of English growth. 
 We do not use such phrases now, because they do not 
 suit us; and they do not suit us, because experience 
 shows that they are not true. The experience which 
 shows us that they are not true is that of nearly two 
 generations spent in practical reforms of unequalle 
 extent and importance,
 
 1868] Matthew Arnold's Notebooks 23 
 
 1868 
 
 Turn not to the right hand nor to the left ; remove 
 thy foot from evil. 
 
 Semper aliquid certi proponendum est. 
 
 Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways 
 be established. 
 
 He can never be good that is not obstinate in doing 
 what he knows he ought to do. 
 
 Omai convien che tu cosi ti spoltre. 
 
 Schaff ! das Tagwerk meiner Hiinde, 
 Hohes Gliick, dass ich's vollende ! 
 
 How much more time than is necessary do we spend 
 in sleep, forgetting that the sleeping fox catches no 
 poultry, and that there will be sleeping enough in the 
 grave !
 
 24 Matthew Arnold's Notebooks [1868 
 
 Die Hauptsache ist, dass man lerne sich selbst zu 
 beherrschen. 
 
 The way of the slothful man is as an hedge of 
 thorns. 
 
 Es ist besser das geringste Ding von der Welt zu 
 thun, als eine halbe Stunde fiir gering halten. 
 
 By thy commandments is thy servant warned, and in 
 keeping of them there is great reward. 
 
 He that keepeth the law, happy is he. 
 
 It is joy to the just to do judgment. 
 
 He that keepeth the commandment keepeth his own 
 soul ; he that keepeth understanding shall find good. 
 
 They that deny themselves will be sure to find their 
 strength increased, their affections raised, and their 
 inward peace continually augmented. 
 
 When thou dost purpose aught, within thy power, 
 Be sure thou do it, though it be but small ; 
 Constancy knits the bones and makes us stour
 
 1SG8] Matthew Arnold's Notebooks 25 
 
 Bonus et devotus homo opera sua prius intus dis- 
 ponit quse foris agere debet. 
 
 Quis habet fortius certamen, quam qui nititur vincere 
 se ipsum ? Et hoc deberet esse negotium nostrum ; 
 vincere videlicet se ipsum, et quotidie se ipso fortiorem 
 fieri, atque in melius proficere. 
 
 7rar to j3e\TL<TTOv <pai 1 oftcvov ecrra) crot > o/xos a7rapa- 
 /3aros. 
 
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 7rapa/3?/9, efx/xeve. 
 
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 ayofxivwv avraj firj8evl a'XAw wpoai^n' i] rw ^-oyw. 
 
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 Blessed is the man that heareth me, watching daily at 
 my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors ! 
 
 For whoso findeth me, findeth life. 
 
 The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life.
 
 26 Matthew Arnold's Notebooks [1868 
 
 The recompence of a man's hands shall be rendered 
 unto him. 
 
 To the counsellors of peace is joy. 
 
 In the way of righteousness is life, and in the path- 
 way thereof there is no death. 
 
 Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep, and an idle 
 soul shall suffer hunger. 
 
 He that is slothful in his work is brother to him that 
 is a great waster. 
 
 Bernarde, ad quid venisti ? 
 
 Doing the will of God from the heart ! 
 
 La tendance a l'ordre, ne peut-elle faire une partie 
 essentielle de nos inclinations, de notre instinct, comme 
 la tendance a la conservation, a la reproduction ? 
 
 He that will not obey the laws of God must obey his 
 own passions, which are the worst tyrants ; he must 
 obey the world, and the humours of others. In short, 
 to serve God is perfect freedom ; all else is mere slavery, 
 let the world call it what they please.
 
 1868] Matthew Arnold's Notebooks 27 
 
 Lo, I come, to do thy will, O God. 
 
 Numquam sis ex toto otiosus, sed aut legens, aut 
 scribens, aut orans, aut meditans, aut aliquid utilitatis 
 pro communi laborans. (Repeated.) 
 
 True piety is acting what one knows. 
 
 If it were as easy to persuade men to do what they 
 know they ought to do, as it is to convince them that 
 such things are fit and necessary. 
 
 Grant that I may this day omit no part of my duty. 
 
 Give thyself wholly to these things, that thy profit- 
 ing may appear to all. 
 
 I do nothing of myself. If I honour myself, my 
 honour is nothing. 
 
 God grant that I may do so ; and I pray God pre- 
 serve me from ease, idleness, and trifling away my 
 precious time. — Bp. Wilson. 
 
 A better conquest never canst thou make, 
 Than arm thy constant and thy nobler parts 
 Against all giddy loose suggestions.
 
 28 Matthew Arnold's Notebooks [1868 
 
 The spirit of man is the candle of the Lord, search- 
 ing all the inward parts. 
 
 He that followeth after righteousness and mercy, 
 findeth life, righteousness, and honour. 
 
 Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue, keepeth 
 his soul from troubles. 
 
 Si te ipsum in aliquo quaeris, statim in te deficis et 
 arescis. 
 
 Travro? kclXov /<Tr;/xaro? 7rovos Trpoiiyelrai o ko.t iyKpa- 
 Teiav. 
 
 We are commanded to deny ourselves in all the ways 
 of false satisfactions, that we may be able to take pleasure 
 in the ways of God. 
 
 Jan. /^. — Little Basil died. 
 
 Formerly, la critique n'etait que l'art de tout discuter ; 
 now, la critique est l'art de tout comprendre et de tout 
 expliquer par l'histoire. 
 
 Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee, in 
 whose heart are thy ways.
 
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 There is nothing sweeter than to take heed unto the 
 commandments of the Lord. 
 
 Resistendo passionibus invenitur vera pax cordis, non 
 autem eis serviendo. 
 
 Homo remissus et suum propositum deserens varie 
 tentatur. 
 
 Deberet se in Deo homo taliter firmare, ut non esset 
 ei necesse multas humanas consolationes quaerere. 
 
 Jan. 1 1. — Dear little Basil was buried. 
 Whosoever shall humble himself as this little child 
 the same is greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven. 
 
 Resiste in principio inclinationi tute, et malam dedisce 
 consuetudinem. 
 
 Si omni anno unum vitium exstirparemus, cito viri 
 perfecti efficeremur. 
 
 O si adverteres, quantam tibi pacem et aliis lsetitiam 
 faceres, te ipsum bene habendo !
 
 30 Matthew Arnold's Notebooks [1868 
 
 Si essemus nobis ipsis magis mortui, et in terrenis 
 minus implicati, tunc possemus etiam divina sapere. 
 
 Ce qui fait la noblesse de l'homme, c'est le devoir et 
 la raison ; il n'est grand en realite que quand il sacrifie ses 
 entralnements a une fin voulue et desintiress'ee. 
 
 An approving conscience is the sense of harmony of 
 the personal will of man with that impersonal light which 
 is in him, representative of the will of God. 
 
 I came, not to do mine own will, but the will of him 
 that sent me. 
 
 Thou, O God, dost save both man and beast. 
 Thou givest them drink of thy pleasures, as out of a 
 river. 
 
 With thee is the well of life : And in thy light shall 
 we see light. 
 
 My mouth praiseth thee with joyful lips, when I 
 remember thee upon my bed, and think upon thee in the 
 night-watches. 
 
 He only is my rock and my salvation : he is my 
 defence ; I shall not be moved.
 
 1868] Mattheiv Arnold's Notebooks 31 
 
 L'oeuvre de notre perfectionnement est une oeuvre 
 collective et eternelle. 
 
 Bonus homo nulli invidet, quia nullum privatum 
 gaudium amat. 
 
 Le but essentiel de l'art est d'elever l'homme au 
 dessus de la vie vulgaire, et de reveiller en lui le senti- 
 ment de son origine celeste. 
 
 Thorns and snares are in the way of the froward ; he 
 that doth keep his soul shall be far from there. 
 
 Mane propone, vespere discute mores tuos, qualis 
 hodie fuisti in verbo, opere, et cogitatione. 
 
 Melius est latere et sui curam agere, quam se neglecto 
 signa facere. 
 
 Tu intende illis, quae tibi praecipit Deus. 
 
 Let another man praise thee, and not thine own 
 mouth ; a stranger, and not thine own lips. (Twice 
 repeated.)
 
 32 
 
 Matthew Arnold's Notebooks [1868 
 
 Great peace have they which love thy law, and 
 nothing shall make them stumble. 
 
 *b 
 
 Nemo secure apparet, nisi qui libenter latet. 
 Nemo secure pr?eest, nisi qui libenter subest. 
 
 Si fortiter proponens ssepe deficit, quid ille, qui raro 
 aut minus fixe aliquid proponit ? 
 
 Through thee have I been holden up ever since I was 
 born ; thou art he that hath blessed me from my 
 mother's womb ; my praise shall be always of thee. 
 
 Vse nobis, si volumus declinare ad quietem, quasi 
 jam pax sit et securitas, cum necdum appareat vestigium 
 verse sanctitatis in conversatione nostra. 
 
 O taste and see how gracious the Lord is ! blessed is 
 the man that trusteth in him. 
 
 My God is the rock of my refuge ; in the multitude 
 of the sorrows which I have in my heart thy comforts 
 refresh my soul. 
 
 Vigilandum est et orandum, ne tempus otiose 
 transeat.
 
 1868] Matthew Arnold's Notebooks 33 
 
 Utinam per unum diem bene essemus conversati in 
 hoc mundo ! 
 
 Honour the Lord, not doing thine own ways, nor 
 finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own 
 words. 
 
 Quanto quisque plus sibi moritur, tanto magis Deo 
 vivere incipit. (Repeated.) 
 
 Pone te primus in pace, et tunc poteris alios pacificare. 
 
 Good Friday 
 
 By means of death for the redemption of the 
 transgressors. 
 
 Sophocles : le modele de l'homme ideal, la plenitude 
 et l'elevation du developpement intellectuel, la noblesse 
 inalterable de la beaute virile. 
 
 Vellem me pluries tacuisse, et inter homines non 
 fuisse ! 
 
 Sophocle chante l'humanite a l'heure oil elle se degage 
 des fatalites sombres et se dirige librement vers la lumiere. 
 On trouve dans lui un melange de vigueur et de serenite. 
 
 D
 
 34 Matthew Arnold's Notebooks [1868 
 
 La lettre n'est pas l'esprit et la Bible n'est pas la 
 religion. Le christianisme existait avant que les evange- 
 listes et les apotres eussent ecrit. 
 
 Lessing se representait Dieu comme l'ame du grand 
 tout, et l'univers comme un organisme, comme un corps 
 anime par un principe infini de vie et de mouvement. 
 
 Lessing a pratique la sagesse de Socrate, laquelle se 
 contente de questionner la vie et le monde, et de tenir 
 soigneusement registre de leurs reponses, mais sans se 
 flatter d'avoir toujours bien entendu. 
 
 Lessing croit que l'ordre universel est un bien et qu'il y 
 a du bonheur dans la verite. 
 
 Tout change incessament, et tout s'ameliore en 
 changeant. 
 
 Si portari vis, porta et alium. Sunt, qui seipsos in 
 pace tenent, et cum aliis etiam pacem habent. 
 
 Non est alia via ad vitam et ad veram internam pacem, 
 nisi via sanctae crucis et quotidianae mortificationis. 
 
 Quid illud summe necessarium ? Ut homo omnibus 
 relictis se relinquat et a se totaliter exeat, nihilque de 
 privato amore retineat.
 
 1868] Matthew Arnold's Notebooks 35 
 
 Et quanto altius quis in spiritu profecerit, tanto 
 graviores cruces semper inveniet ; quia exilii sui poena 
 magis ex amore crescit. 
 
 Post concupiscentias tuas ne eas et a voluntate tua 
 avertere. 
 
 tyj<s aapKos Trpovoiav /xr] TroieLaOe cis lTTt6vfxia<;. 
 
 They who give themselves up to pleasure are making 
 themselves chains not easy to be broken. 
 
 Love is collectively the desire in men that good should 
 be for ever present to them. 
 
 airavra /catjoo) X^P LV *X a fpuyw/ACi/a. 
 
 La condition essentielle de l'art classique — un cadre 
 fini, laissant place a toutes les delicatesses de l'execution. 
 L'avenir est de ce cote, car ainsi est appele et provoque 
 le progres de tous les arts. 
 
 fxrj to. vif/rjXa fyiovovvTe 1 ;, aAAa tois Ta7retvots frvvair- 
 ayofitvoi. 
 
 av$()<><; -^apaKTrjp eK Xoyov yvaipi^erai. 
 
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 36 Mattheiv Arnold's Notebooks [1868 
 
 Gracious and merciful is the Lord, long suffering and 
 of great goodness. 
 
 L'art etait pour l'ltalie la realisation du beau, non un 
 caprice futile. Avant tout autre pays en Europe, l'ltalie 
 attacha un sens au mot de gloire, et travailla pour la 
 posterite. 
 
 For thy sake ! 
 
 A servant, with this clause, 
 
 Makes drudgery divine. 
 
 Who sweeps a room, as for God's laws, 
 
 Makes that and the action fine. 
 
 apeaKe 7racri ko.1 crv jxy] crcurrw /xoVw. 
 
 Let the heart of them rejoice that seek the Lord. 
 Seek the Lord and his strength : seek his face 
 evermore. 
 
 Next to sincerity, remember still, 
 
 Thou must resolve upon integrity. 
 God will have all thou hast — thy mind, thy will, 
 
 Thy thoughts, thy words, thy works. 
 
 The Lord is loving unto every man, and his mercy is 
 over all his works.
 
 1868] Matthew Arnold's Notebooks 37 
 
 Forte serva propositum et intentionem rectam ad 
 Deum. 
 
 r) fJ.oifiLa Si'Swcriv av0p(i)Troi<; KaKa. 
 
 £,WfJL€V 7TpOS aVT7]V TTjV TVXV V °' L 0-(i><£pOl<€S. 
 
 Bvvarai to TrXovTtiv kcu <faXav8pti)Trov<; 7roieiv. 
 i) irevLa dyvoj/x.oi'as ye tous ttoWovs iroiei. 
 
 The scope of Christ's life and death : 
 
 ' That your faith and hope might be in God.' 
 
 debs Tr€<fiVK€v on oiSev Spa kokov. (Repeated.) 
 
 6e\wv KaA.ws £,fjv fir) ra twv (pavXwv 4>povei. 
 OeXo/xev kol\£j<; £,t)v 7ravTes, aAA' ov 8vvdp.e6a. 
 
 Be stedfast in thy covenant and be conversant therein, 
 and wax old in thy work. 
 
 The more graces a man has received, the more reason 
 he has to fear, and the greater obligation to labour for 
 God. 
 
 Marvel not at the works of sinners, but trust in the 
 Lord and abide in thy labour.
 
 38 Matthew Arnold's Notebooks [1868 
 
 Look up to God at all times, and he will, as in a 
 glass, discover what is fit to be done. 
 
 Spuos Trecrovcrrjs 7ras dvrjp ^vXeverai. 
 
 Suaviter requiesces si cor tuum te non reprehenderit. 
 Habe bonam conscientiam et semper habebis laeti- 
 tiam. 
 
 Une vie laborieuse, une succession de travaux qui 
 remplissent et moralisent les jours ! 
 
 X^P X**-P a J/t ' 7rret > 8a.KTv\ot Se 8clktvX.ov<;. 
 
 Ai/xt/v an^tas eoriv avOpioTrois re^vr]. 
 
 or euru^ets, paAicrTa p.i] (ppoi'ei p.eya. 
 
 6 vovs yap rjp,wv cotiv iv eKa<XTa) 0eos. 
 
 avrjp yap dvSpa kcu 7rdA<s crdj£ei ttoX.lv. 
 
 iv jxvploi(TL to. KaXa. yCyverai ttovoi*;. 
 epyois (pikoirovos l<r6i p,ry Adyois jxovov. 
 
 L'uniformite etait la vertu favorite de Dom Rivet et 
 le caractere propre qui le distinguait. II avait comme 
 fixe la legerete si naturelle a l'homme.
 
 1868] Mattheiv Arnold's Notebooks 39 
 
 Beatum et verum solatium, quod intus a veritate 
 percipitur. 
 
 Tua voluntas mea sit, et mea voluntas tuam semper 
 sequatur et optime ei concordat. 
 
 In abscissione omnium infimarum ddectationum erit 
 benedictio tua. 
 
 Ce que Socrate cultivait, en lui-meme et dans les 
 autres, c'est cette force qui fait P empire sur soi ; c'est le 
 fond de sa morale. 
 
 Un avare n'est pas plus jaloux de son tresor que 
 Dom Rivet l'etait de son temps ; il en menageait tous 
 les moments avec une sage economic 
 
 II est bien des ressources dans un homme laborieux 
 qui connait le prix du temps, et qui dans la distribution 
 qu'il en fait met tous les moments a profit. 
 
 Non totus mundus eriget, quern Veritas sibi subjecit ; 
 nee omnium laudantium ore movebitur, qui totam spem 
 suam in Deo firmavit.
 
 40 Matthetv Arnold's Notebooks [1868 
 
 (JIXVTOV (f>v\(XTT€ TOIS Tp07rOlS IXtvOtpOV . 
 
 TeOvrjKtv ar$p()iTrot(Tiv airawa ^(upts. 
 ySi'os Ivriv av tis tw /3tw X a ^PV fiiwv. 
 
 Der Zweck des Lebens ist das Leben selbst. 
 
 II faut savoir vivre de peu, desirer peu, ne rien 
 devoir, ne faire tort, dans aucun genre, a qui que ce 
 soit, ne se point faire tort a soi-meme. 
 
 Le faible, que nous dedaignons, nous est d'ordinaire 
 superieur, la somme de vertu etant, chez ceux qui 
 obeissent (servantes, ouvriers, soldats, marins, etc.), plus 
 grande que chez ceux qui commandent et jouissent. 
 
 L'etude, qui pour la plupart des hommes n'est qu'un 
 amusement frivole et souvent dangereux, etait pour Dom 
 Rivet une occupation serieuse consacree par la religion. 
 
 laoTqro. 8' alpov, koX 7rAcove^6av (pvye. 
 
 Si ambulas ab intra, non multum ponderabis volantia 
 verba ab extra. 
 
 Les Graces etaient chez les Grecs le symbole de 
 cette harmonie sociale qu'etablissent la bienveillance et 
 la mutuellejsympathie.
 
 1868] Matthezv Arnold's Notebooks 41 
 
 He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty, 
 and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city. 
 (Repeated.) 
 
 to iv AeAe^ots ypd/jL/jLa — 
 
 (TOi<f>pocrm'rjv acrKeli' kol SiKaioarvvrfv . 
 
 People have no conception of the one only solid 
 basis : inward truth, rectitude, and the fear of God. B. 
 
 How much is knowledge to be dreaded when our 
 works are not answerable ! 
 
 By our proficiency we know that we are in the way 
 to heaven, as we know a tree is alive by its daily growth. 
 
 To him that overcometh, God will give to eat of the 
 tree of life. 
 
 yr]pdo~K(j) S' cuei 7roAXa SiSacrKo/xevos. Solon. 
 
 De serieux et de suite dans les idees ! 
 
 ov€ioos aicr^pos ptos o/xws kciv rj6v<i fj. 
 
 Should one not labour day and night, and deny 
 inclination, in order to develope and work out reality 
 and right ? B.
 
 42 Matthew Arnold's Notebooks [1868 
 
 Res ipsa, quae nunc religio Christiana nuncupatur, 
 erat apud antiquos, nee abfuit ab initio generis humani 
 quousque Christus veniret in carnern, unde vera religio 
 quoe jam erat ccepit appellari Christiana. 
 
 Let me not falter nor slide away from the great end 
 of knowing God. Let not the joys, or honours, or 
 vanities of the world enfeeble or darken my spirit. 
 
 Let me ever feel that I can only perceive and know 
 God in so far as mine is a living soul, and lives, moves, 
 and has its being in him. B. 
 
 Oportet te viriliter omnia pertransire et potenti manu 
 uti adversus objecta. 
 
 dtoQtv ipaifxav KaXdv, 
 Swara p.aLop.evo<; iv fjXiKia ! 
 
 Vincenti datur manna, et torpenti relinquitur multa 
 miseria. 
 
 re^mi 8' irepwv eVepcu ' ^pr] 8' iv eu#etais oSot? oret'^ovro 
 fxdpvdcrOaL <f)va. 
 
 The aim is to understand myself and the age, to 
 apprehend what is the prime need of each, and to 
 administer according to our ability to that need. B.
 
 1868] MattJiew Arnold's Notebooks 43 
 
 The indestructible in the lapse of centuries, those 
 eternal objects of all human meditation — religion, 
 language, art, civil polity. B. 
 
 My view of our system of learning, and of German 
 mental activity generally, has been confirmed. Each 
 labours mentally for himself, forgetting the general cause. 
 While the present generation has its crying needs, we of 
 this same generation are filling storehouses with provision 
 for future centuries. B. 
 
 It is too true that our own class, the guild of the 
 studious, does too little with the object of working upon 
 the nation. B. 
 
 My earliest purpose in life — to bring over into my 
 own knowledge and into my own fatherland the language 
 and the spirit of the solemn and distant East. B. 
 
 The revelation of God in man's energies and efforts, 
 his firm path through the stream of ages, I long to trace 
 and recognise as far as may be permitted to me. B. 
 
 Solon knew that he himself, wishing to educate truly 
 the citizen of the state, could no more than the teacher 
 who aims at the highest end of education look forward 
 to a speedy result corresponding to his efforts.
 
 44 Matthew Arnold's Notebooks [1868 
 
 The consciousness of the divine, which, according to 
 universal tradition, the Greeks brought with them as a 
 common inheritance from the seat of the Aryan races to 
 Greece. 
 
 Stirb und werde ! 
 Denn so lang du das nicht hast, 
 Bist du nur ein triiber Gast 
 
 Auf der dunkeln Erde. 
 
 Congruere cum cogitatione magna voluptas corporis 
 non potest. 
 
 Somni et vini sit abstinentissimus, quae utraque sunt 
 inimicissima diligentiae. 
 
 Sit a venereis amoribus aversus ; quibus si se dedi- 
 derit, non aliud quidquam possit cogitare quam illud 
 quod diligit. 
 
 In qualibet causa intra cum Moyse in tabernaculum 
 ad consulendum Dominum. 
 
 Es ist ein Artikel meines Glaubens, dass wir durch 
 Standhaftigkeit und Treue in dem gegenwartigen Zu- 
 stande, ganz allein der hoheren Stufe eines folgenden
 
 1868] Matthew Arnold's Notebooks 45 
 
 Werth und sie zu betreten fahig werden, es sei nun hier 
 zeitlich oder dort ewig. G. 
 
 oX/?ios oo"Ti9 I8wv CKeiva KOiXav 
 
 etcrti/ viro )(66va ' oTSev jxkv fiiov Kelvos reXtvTav, 
 
 oTSev Se SicktSotov dp^av. 
 
 /at/ //.€T€topt£ecr#€ ' £,r)T€LT€ ttjv /JacriXeiav tov #eo{>. 
 eXaXti auTOts 7rcpi t^s /Sao-iXeias tot; #eot). 
 
 fAO.K<ipioi 01 aKOvovres tov Xoyov toC #€Oi) kgu <pvX.da- 
 (rovTes. 
 
 Die Religion selbst, wie die Zeit, wie Leben und 
 Wissen, in stetem Fortschritt und Fortbildung begriffen 
 ist. 
 
 Fragilis et laboriosa mortalitas in partes ista digessit, 
 infirmitatis suse memor, ut portionibus quisque coleret 
 quo maxime indigeret. 
 
 to 8' ev <f>€pew 
 
 i(TTLV TOIOVTOV, O.V CVVI] fAOVOS <f>€pUV, 
 
 koI p,r] lir&rjkov rrjv rv^qv tto\\o1<; iroiuv. 
 
 ecTTwcrav v/xCjv ai do~<pve<; 7repL€^w<x/xivaL /ecu 01 Xvyyoi 
 Kaio/ievoi.
 
 46 Matthew Arnold's Notebooks [1868 
 
 yXwo-rrr;? /xaktaTa iravra-^ov ireipn) Kpareiv. 
 He that hath knowledge spareth his words. He that 
 refraineth his lips is wise. 
 
 Love not sleep lest thou come to poverty. 
 
 Rise, be going ; count your resources ; learn what 
 you are not fit for, and give up wishing for it ; learn 
 what you can do, and do it with the energy of a man. 
 
 R. 
 
 Without counsel purposes are disappointed. 
 
 fieWwv Tt TTjxiTTeiv fir) TrpoeLTrrfs firjmvL 
 
 Before judgment, examine thyself; and in the day of 
 visitation thou shalt find mercy. 
 
 Without counsel purposes are disappointed. 
 Semper aliquid certi proponendum est. 
 
 Lighten mine eyes, O Lord, that I sleep not in 
 death. 
 
 Give me grace to make amends, by my future dili- 
 gence, for the many days and years that I have spent 
 unprofitably.
 
 1868] Mattheiv Arnold's Notebooks 47 
 
 To be a servant to the servants of God ! 
 Rest is a crime in one who has promised to labour 
 all the days of his life. 
 
 Not to desire to be ministered unto, but rather to 
 minister; never to make it my object to live in ease, 
 plenty, luxury, and independence. 
 
 Thou art all mercy to me ; grant that I may be all 
 mercy to my brethren, for thy sake, O God. 
 
 Die hochste Aufgabe des ringenden Menschen- 
 geistes: nachzuweisen dass die gottliche Weltordnung 
 mit der Intelligenz der Sterblichen in Einklang stehe. 
 
 Age, quod agis ; fideliter labora in vinea mea ; ego 
 ero merces tua. 
 
 Quam tutum, pro conservatione ccelestis gratia? 
 humanam fugere apparentiam, nee appetere quae foris 
 admirationem videntur praebere. 
 
 Fili, sta firmiter et spera in me. 
 
 Fili, non te frangant labores quos assumpsisti propter 
 me.
 
 48 Matthew Arnold's Notebooks [1868 
 
 Scribe, lege, canta, geme, tace, ora, sustine viriliter 
 contraria ; digna est his omnibus et majoribus prceliis 
 vita asterna. 
 
 May I preserve thy kingdom within me, the govern- 
 ment of thy spirit. 
 
 Vouchsafe me the gift of perseverance, on which my 
 eternal happiness depends. 
 
 Blameless as the sons of God, in the midst of a 
 crooked and perverse world. 
 
 Nov. 23. Tommy died. 
 
 Leva igitur faciem tuam in ccelum ! 
 
 Nov. 28. Tommy 's funeral. 
 
 Awake, thou lute and harp : I myself will awake 
 right early. 
 
 Tu, Domine, tu solus es fidelissimus in omnibus, et 
 prseter te non est alter talis. 
 
 For I sent you out with mourning and weeping ; but 
 God will give you to me again with joy and gladness for 
 ever.
 
 1868] Matthew Arnold's Notebooks 49 
 
 Therefore let us not sleep, as do others, but let us 
 watch and be sober. 
 
 If thou hadst walked in the way of God thou 
 shouldest have dwelled in peace for ever. 
 
 Blessed are they that saw thee, and slept in love ; for 
 we shall surely live. 
 
 He who resisteth pleasures crowneth his life. 
 
 God hath not called us unto uncleanness, but unto 
 
 holiness. 
 
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 The more you love God, expect you must gi- ^ 
 greater proofs of >., and you may expect grea^ _ ^ 
 and consolation. ud 
 
 PrayejMT^rt^rfTo^hange i n God, but it creates in us 
 such dispositions as God thinks fit to reward. 
 
 It is a part of special prudence never to do anything 
 because one has an inclination to it ; but because it is 
 one's duty, or is reasonable. 
 
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 50 Matthew Arnold's Notebooks [1868 
 
 Der Druck der Geschafte ist sehr schon der Seele. 
 Wenn sie entladen ist, spielt sie freier und geniesst des 
 Lebens. 
 
 Elender ist nichts als der behagliche Mensch ohne 
 Arbeit ; das schonste der Gaben wird ihm ekel. 
 
 Die Menschen sind durch ihren Glauben auf eine 
 hohere Macht zum Thun begeistert und im Leiden 
 getrostet ; also belohnt. 
 
 It is not the thing, but the reason and manner of 
 doing it, namely for God's sake and that I may accustom 
 myself to obey his voice, that God regards. 
 
 Self-denial has respect to the good estate of the soul, 
 as it hinders hc r from being carried away to the lower 
 pleasures of sense, that c '^e may relish heavenly pleasures. 
 
 The more we deny ourselves the freer we sb«!l be 
 from sin and the more dear to God. 
 
 Vivitur ingenio, caetera mortis erunt. 
 
 Nature is content with a little, grace with less.
 
 186 8 J Matthew Arnold's Notebooks 51 
 
 He that will not command his thoughts and his will, 
 will soon lose the command of his actions. 
 
 aprrijs eA.7ris 6 #eos icrriv. 
 
 Man muss sich als Individuum hinstellen, wie man's 
 denkt, wae man's meint, und die folgenden mogen sich 
 heraussuchen was ihnen gemass ist. 
 
 My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. 
 
 Hosea. 
 
 Virtue would hardly be distinguished from a kind of 
 sensuality, if there were no labour, no opposition, no 
 difficulty, in doing our duty. 
 
 He who fancies that his mind may effectually be 
 changed in a short time, deceives himself. 
 
 Sine me paululum, ut plangam dolorem meum, ante- 
 quam vadam ad terram tenebrosam et opertam mortis 
 caligine. 
 
 Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace whose mind is 
 stayed on thee. 
 
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 52 Matthew Arnold's Notebooks [1868 
 
 Trust ye in the Lord for ever, for in the Lord is 
 everlasting strength. 
 
 O taste and see how gracious the Lord is : blessed is 
 the man who trusteth in him. 
 
 La nature qui se connait, voila le genie. Or, la 
 nature etant infinie, le genie est divers. Tout grand 
 artiste a pour son partage un aspect des choses ; cette 
 passion, cette magicienne qui est en lui ne peut tout 
 entreprendre ni tout embrasser ; elle ne dispose en 
 souveraine que de ce qu'elle aime, et sa puissance expire 
 des que s'alanguit son enthousiasme. Le plus grand 
 peintre n'apercoit dans le monde que ce qu'il aime a y 
 voir, ce que ses yeux desirent ; il y a une preference au 
 fond de chaque talent. 
 
 Le vulgaire imagine Dieu comme un roi qui tient son 
 lit de justice dans sa cour. Les cceurs tendres se le 
 represented comme un pere qui a soin de ses enfants. 
 Le sage ne lui attribue aucune affection humaine. II 
 reconnait une puissance necessaire, eternelle, qui anime 
 toute la nature, et il se resigne. 
 
 Les sciences historiques ne sont autre chose que la 
 recherche des lois qui ont preside jusqu'ici au develop
 
 1868] Mattlicw Arnold's Notebooks \ 53 
 
 pement de l'espece humaine. Elles sont la base des 
 sciences sociales. 
 
 In thee, O God, do I put my trust. Thou art a place 
 to hide me in ; thou shalt preserve me from trouble ; thou 
 shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance. 
 
 My soul, wait thou still upon God, for my hope is in 
 him. 
 
 In God is my health and my glory, the rock of my 
 might, and in God is my trust. 
 
 O God, thou art my God, early do I seek thee ; my 
 soul thirsteth for thee. My soul hangeth upon thee; 
 thy right hand hath upholden me. 
 
 Unto thee, O my strength, will I sing, for thou, O 
 God, art my refuge and my merciful God. 
 
 Unto thee, O God, will I cry ; my rock, be not thou 
 silent unto me. 
 
 O how plentiful is thy goodness that thou hast pre- 
 pared for them that put their trust in thee ! 
 
 Thou hidest them in the shelter of thy presence 
 from the noise of men ; thou keepest them in a covered 
 place from the strife of tongues. 
 
 Examine me, O God, and prove me, try out my reins 
 and my heart.
 
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 All the paths of the L6rd are mercy and truth unto 
 such as keep his covenant. 
 
 If we would put a stop to the beginning of sin, we 
 must begin there where sin begins— namely, in the heart 
 and thoughts ; which are subjected to the law of God as 
 well as the outward actions. 
 
 Purity of heart consists in such a government of the 
 affections as not only to forbear outward acts of sin, but 
 even all consenting to it or suffering it to have entertain- 
 ment in the heart. 
 
 Our contemplations of God should always be the 
 most serene and lovely ; such as might ennoble our 
 spirits and not debase them. A right knowledge of God 
 would beget a freedom and liberty of soul within us. 
 
 dper^s yap e/Wis n 6tos early, ov SovXeias Trp6(pa(ri<;. 
 
 Etumsi injuste aliquid contra me prolatum fuerit, 
 non multum curabo ; sed neque vane exultabo, si per 
 alios excuser aut lauder. Pensabo namque, quia Deus 
 est scrutans corda et renes, qui non judicat secundum 
 faciem et humanam apparentiam.
 
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 Le capital est le signe caracteristique et la mesure du 
 progres. II en est le vehicule necessaire et unique ; sa 
 mission speciale est de servir de transaction de la valeur 
 a. la gratuite : par consequent, au lieu de peser sur le 
 prix naturel, son role constant est de l'abaisser sans 
 cesse. 
 
 Bastiat said of the above : ' Cette phrase renferme et 
 resume le plus fecond des phenomenes economiques.' 
 
 Thus yesterday, to-day, to-morrow come, 
 They hustle one another and they pass ; 
 But all our hustling morrows only make 
 The smooth to-day of God. 
 
 To READ 
 
 Greek 
 
 Romans,* St. Matthew,* Pindar : Nemeans,* Isth 
 Mark,* Luke.* mians,* Fragments.* 
 
 Plato — Pha?do, Banquet.* Passages for extract.* 
 
 Aristotle : Ethics, vols. ii. Menander.* 
 and hi.* 
 
 + Struck out as read.
 
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 Lathi 
 
 Propertius. 
 Lucretius v. and vi.* 
 
 Imitation, B. iii. and B. i. 
 and ii.* 
 
 Italian 
 Dante's Paradise 
 
 English Poetry 
 
 G. Herbert's Poems.* 
 Ritson's Met. Romances. 
 Lear, Henry VI. 
 
 Shelley's Prometheus Un- 
 bound. 
 
 Wordsworth, vol. iii. to end 
 of White Doe.* 
 
 Smith's Discourses, to p. 60.* 
 Robertson's Sermons, i. ii.* 
 Robertson's Life. 
 Walton's Lives, vol. i.* 
 White's Selborne. 
 Warton, iii. and iv. 
 Bolingbroke's Remarks.* 
 
 English Prose 
 
 Burke's Letter to a Noble 
 Lord. 
 
 Goldsmith's Essays. 
 Vicar of Wakefield. 
 Davies's Carthage.* 
 Baker's Abyssinia. 
 Hume : 15th Century.* 
 
 * Struck out as read.
 
 1868] 
 
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 German 
 Herker's Ideen, vol. i. to Rahel 
 
 p. 170.* 
 Gesenius' Isaiah. 
 
 Introduction to Xllth 
 
 century. 
 Legende Doree.* 
 Esprit de Vinet. 
 
 Riemer's Goethe, vol. i.* 
 
 French 
 
 Vinet : Education, Sermons 
 (vols. i. and ii.) and Litt. 
 du i8 me siecle. 
 Michelet, vol. vi.* 
 Buffon : De l'Homme. 
 
 Read 
 
 Renan : St. Paul (and New 
 
 Preface*). 
 Proverbs.* 
 Mystere de Jesus. 
 Martin. Scriblerus.* 
 Religions de l'Orient. 
 The Psalms after Ewald.* 
 Mauprat. 
 
 Recit d'une Sceur, vol. L* 
 
 * Struck out as read 
 
 BESIDES 
 
 M. de Camors.* 
 Questions contemporaines.* 
 Shelley's Essays and 
 
 Letters.* 
 Zeller's Socratic Schools.* 
 Boissonade's Pindar.* 
 Michelet : Precis de l'His- 
 
 toire de France.* 
 Bunsen's Life, vol. i.
 
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 i«73 
 
 La destination de l'homme est d'accroitre le sentiment 
 de la joie, de feconder Penergie expansive, et de com- 
 battre, dans tout ce qui sent, le principe de l'avilissement 
 et les douleurs. 
 
 Qu'il y ait dans la nature, clans l'art (nature huma- 
 nisee), des elements religieux et les bases de la foi 
 profonde, c'est ce qui ne vient a l'esprit de personne. 
 
 Je tiens les verites de la religion naturelle pour aussi 
 certaines a leur maniere que celles du monde reel. Voila 
 la foi qui sauve, qui fait envisager autrement que comme 
 une folle partie de joie les quatre jours que nous passons 
 sur cette terre. 
 
 II faut savoir vivre de peu, desirer peu, ne rien devoir, 
 ne faire tort, dans aucun genre, a qui que ce soit, ne se 
 point faire tort a soi-meme. 
 
 Illi sunt veri fideles Tui, qui totam vitam suam ad 
 emendationem disponunt.
 
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 Sicut tu alios notas, sic et tu ab aliis notaris. 
 (Repeated.) 
 
 Si vis portari, porta et alium. 
 
 Satis cito sentimus et ponderamus quid ab aliis sus- 
 tinemus, sed quantum alii de nobis sustinent non adver- 
 timus. 
 
 ovre yap av aAAw avOpumw 7rpo(T<£iA.Tys av elr] o iTU$vp.ias 
 iwv aKo\d<TTOV<z elvat, /cat ravras iTri^eipwv TrXrjpovv, ovre 
 6c<2 ' KOivoivelv yap aSvvaros " otw Se fxy cVt KOivtavta, <pi\ia 
 ovk av €177. 
 
 eav iv rut cfxoTt ir ep lit or uj/xev, <i>s auros imiv iv tw 0am, 
 KOLVwviav e^opav [X€T aWrjXwv. 
 
 a-TTOffivyovres tt}s iv Kocrp-w iv iTri6vp,[a <fi6opas ! 
 iv jxvpioKTi to. kuAu ytyveraL 7roi'ots. 
 
 Gott helfe weiter und gebe Lichter dass wir uns nicht 
 selbst soviel im Wege stehen ; lasse uns vom Morgen zu 
 Abend das Gehorige thun, und gebe uns klare Begriffe 
 von der Folgen der Dinge ! 
 
 Consideramus, quod alii facere tenentur, et negligimus, 
 quod ipsi tenemur.
 
 60 Matthezu Arnold's Notebooks [1873 
 
 La felicite du croyant, c'est cette paix du coeur, cette 
 tranquillite imperturbable, sure de posseder le vrai bien, 
 et ne demandant point ceux du monde qui ne donnent 
 point la satisfaction. 
 
 Le coeur humain a en soi-meme un elan vers une 
 beaute inconnue. 
 
 L'ame d'homme est religieuse d'instinct, et dans tous 
 les cultes on trouve un besoin commun de 1'innni et de 
 la felicite. 
 
 Les religions sortent a leur heure, sur un point donne 
 du globe, du fonds inepuisable de l'esprit humain, que 
 l'Etre infini sollicite sans cesse a s'elever graduellement 
 vers lui. 
 
 Une vie laborieuse, une succession de travaux qui 
 remplissent et moralisent les jours ! 
 
 Es ist nicht genug zu wissen, man muss auch anwen- 
 den ; es ist nicht genug zu wollen, man muss auch thun. 
 
 Was Friedrichen so gross und einzig gemacht hat, ist 
 dass er jede bedeutende Sache, die er unternahm, so 
 eifrig, so thatig betrieb, als wenn sie die einzige ware die 
 ihn beschaftigte, und als hatte er noch wie was Anderes 
 zu Stande gebracht.
 
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 Christian virtue consists in order ; that is, in letting 
 every duty have its proper place and concern. To engage 
 in other business before we acquit ourselves of this is 
 to go a.ga.m?,t order ; and all other virtues are useless. 
 
 Voila le but presente par le christianisme a l'humanite 
 toute entiere comme son but dernier et definitif: le 
 Royaume de Dieu sur la terre. 
 
 L'Evangile s'adresse avant tout au coeur de l'homme, 
 a son sentiment religieux, aux besoins intimes de son 
 ame : il veut regenerer son ame et la conduire ainsi vers 
 Dieu, seule source de tout bonheur. 
 
 Verharren wir in dem Bestreben, das Falsche, Unge- 
 horige, Unzuliingliche, was sich in uns und andern ent- 
 wickeln oder einschleichen konnte, durch Klarheit und 
 Redlichkeit auf das moglichste zu beseitigen ! 
 
 rkyyai 8' irepwv erepaC XPV 8' & evOeiaLS oSot? (neix 0VTCL 
 fxapvacrOac <pva. 
 
 to. iiepxo^' a ex T >?5 KapSias, cKetva koivol rbv avOpmirov. 
 
 I have refrained my feet from every evil way, that I 
 may keep thy word.
 
 62 Matthew Arnold's Notebooks [1873 
 
 Order my steps in thy word, and so shall no wick d- 
 ness have dominion over me. 
 
 ferome to Paulinus on the Bible : 
 Oro te, frater carissime, inter hrec vivere, ista meditari, 
 nihil aliud nosse, nihil quasrere. 
 
 For I remembered thine everlasting judgments, O 
 Eternal, and received comfort. 
 
 A merry heart doeth good like a medicine ; but a 
 broken spirit drieth the bones. 
 
 A sound heart is the life of the flesh ; but envy the 
 rottenness of the bones. 
 
 Den einzelnen Verkehrtheiten des Tags sollte man 
 immer nur grosse weltgeschichtliche Massen entgegen- 
 setzen. 
 
 I have thought upon thy name, O Eternal, in the 
 night season, and have kept thy law. 
 
 O stablish thy word in thy servant, that I may fear 
 thee. 
 
 Der Wiirzel des Guten ist in der Gnade Gottes.
 
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 Hell and destruction are never full ; so the eyes of 
 men are never satisfied. 
 
 6e66ev epaifxav Ka\wv, 
 Swara jxai6fi^vo<i iv tjXikio. ! 
 
 Les idees chretiennes, apres avoir retrempe notre 
 nature morale, offrent encores a notre meditation la plus 
 approfondie un aliment sain et salutaire, une mine riche 
 et inepuisable. 
 
 Be steadfast in thy covenants, and be conversant 
 therein, and wax old in thy work. 
 
 Gaudebis vespere si diem expendas fructuose. 
 
 Quanto quisque plus sibi moritur, tanto magis Deo 
 vivere incipit. 
 
 Homo remissus et suum propositum deserens varie 
 tentatur. 
 
 Resistendo passionibus invenitur vera pax cordis, non 
 autem eis serviendo. 
 
 La somme incomparable de gout pour le bien que le 
 christianisme a inspire !
 
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 Absorpta est omnis gloriatio vana in profunditate 
 judiciorum tuorum super me. 
 
 L'homme est en ce monde pour profiter de l'ecole de 
 sa destinee et pour travailler a son salut. 
 
 Citius obliviscentur tui homines, quam restimas. 
 
 Certa viriliter ; consuetudo consuetudine vincitur. 
 
 Das Schone ist eine Manifestation geheimer Natur- 
 gesetze, die uns ohne dessen Erscheinung ewig waren 
 verborgen geblieben. 
 
 Through the contemplation of works of art, to keep 
 alive in the mind a high unapproachable ideal ! 
 
 The highest aim of art is beauty, and its last effect 
 the feeling of pleasure. 
 
 Palis sy said : 
 
 La nature la grande ouvriere — 
 L'homme ouvrier comme elle. 
 
 /xt] /xeOv(TK€a$€ otvo), iv tf> afroiTia, d\Xot 7r\r)pov(r0e h 
 TrvevfxaTL. (Repeated.)
 
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 ofTTis ov /?acrrd£ei tov oravpov iavTov koI cp^ETai oVio-o) 
 jxoVf ov SvvaraL elvai /xov jxadrjTrjs. 
 
 Ti wfpeXcLTai av6pw7ro<;, K£pSr/a-as tov k6o~[xov oAov, 
 
 t ^o\» \/ * 5* Z} ' 
 
 cairrov 0€ a7roA€cras r/ Cjjp.iwueis ; 
 
 os eav t > y\Ty)0~\] tt)v if/v^rjv avTOV TrepnroLrjo~ao~6ai, airoXeaei 
 avTrjv • koa os eav gotoA-co - ?/, ^woyovrjaei avTrjv. 
 
 01 ivdpoi tov o~Tavpov tov Xptoroi) / wv 6 aeos 17 KoiXta, 
 Kat ^ So£a cv ti} alcrxyvr) avrwv, 01 to. e7riy€ia <ppovovvTe<;. 
 
 (3\€7rop.ev tov 'Irjo-uvv r)\a.TTU)p.evov Sia to ira.Q'qp.a, tov 
 Ba.va.TQv, 07rws yapiTi Oeov virtp 7ravTos yeuo-^Tai ^avarov. 
 
 II avait un sens penetrant pour tout chose d'experi- 
 ence et de verite. 
 
 IatjkIti. Tr€pLiraT€LT€ khBw<; Kal to. XotTra Wvt) irepnraTti, 
 otVtvcs a.Trr]\\oTpio)pL€voi t^s £w?}s tov 6eov Sia tt]v ayvoiav 
 Trjv ovcav iv auTois, airy]\yrj kotcs eauTOus Trapiowxav ti} 
 do-cXyeta. 
 
 In abscissione omnium infimarum delectationum 
 erit benedictio tua. 
 
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 66 Matthew Arnold's Notebooks [1873 
 
 [xaKapioi ol KaOapol rfj KapSia, on avrol tov Oebv oij/ovrai. 
 
 el Kara crdpKa ^rjre, p.eWere aTrodvr/o-Keiv ■ el Se Trvev/xari 
 Tas irpa^eis tov crw/x,aros ^avaTOUTe, ^creaOe. 
 
 yprjyoptLTe koX Trpoo-ev^eo-de, t'va yu?) elo-eXQyjre as 
 Treipa.o-p.6v' to yu.€v 7rv€i)yu.a vpoOvfxov, y) 8e o"ap| acr^cv^s. 
 
 o Xpioros, Kanrep wv utos, epcaoev a<p tov eTraoev tt/v 
 i7ra/co^v, /cat TeXeia>#€is eyevero tois vTraKOvovcrLv aura) Tracrtv 
 aiTios cwTT/ptas atwviov. 
 
 p.6vos odtos rjpep.ec 6 Xoyos, cog evXa/3rjTeov tcrri to dSi/cciy 
 /xaXXov 77 to d8iK€icr^at, /cat 7ravTo? /i,aX\oj/ dvSpt p.eXeTf]Teov 
 ov to Sokciv eivai ayadbv dXXa, to elvai, /cat tSta /cat Srj/xoo-La. 
 
 Gorgias. (Repeated.) 
 
 Socrates and politics : 
 
 6tp.ai eTTi^eipelv rfj ws a.Xrj6co<; 7roXtTi/<^ T^xy 7 ) koX Trparreiv 
 to. ttoXltlko. p.6vos TO)V vvv. 
 
 Socrates and popularity : 
 
 Kpivov/jcai ws ev 7rai8tois larp6<; dv Kpivono KaTrjyopovvTOs 
 
 OXpOTTOlOV.
 
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 Franklin says : 
 
 Eat and drink such an exact quantity as suits the 
 constitution of thy body, in reference to the services of 
 the mind. 
 
 Goethe says : 
 
 Vom Absoluten in theoretischem Sinne wag' ich 
 nicht zu reden : behaupten aber darf ich, dass wer es in 
 der Erscheinung anerkannt und immer im Auge behalten 
 hat, sehr grossen Gewinn davon erfahren wird. 
 
 Hier nun allein kann der grosse Begriff der Pflicht 
 mich aufrecht erhalten. 
 
 L'occasion fait le larron, et c'est la provocation 
 surtout qui developpe les instincts vicieux. 
 
 Qui quserit habere privata, amittit communia. 
 
 Citius exterior vincitur inimicus, si interior homo non 
 fuerit devastatus. 
 
 II ne faut plus songer a autre chose dans la pratique 
 de la vie qu'a Amelioration des mceurs et a la reconcilia- 
 tion des interets. G. S. 
 
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 68 Matthew Arnold's Notebooks [1873 
 
 Euripides in Macedonia 
 
 He had a presentiment of the mission of Hellenic 
 art to become the common property of all peoples 
 striving after a loftier conduct of life. Curtius. 
 
 En verite, le monde devient mefiant, et ne croit 
 les choses que quand il les voit. Pascal. 
 
 6 (f>i\u)v Trjv ij/v^rjv avrov aVoAecrei avTrjv ' koX 6 fJL&wv 
 ttjv \J/v)(y]v avrov iv tw koo"//.w tovtw ci? £,o)y]v aiwvioi/ 
 <f>vXa£eL avrrjv. 
 
 So is the Kingdom of God, as a man may cast seed 
 on the earth, and may go to bed and get up night and 
 day, and the seed will shoot and extend he knoweth not 
 how. 
 
 avTOfxarrj 7) yrj Kap7ro</>op€i, 7rpa»TOV ypprov, dra arrd^vv • 
 etra irXrjpT) crirov iv tw crTa^y'i. 
 
 Man sincere, man before conscience, man as Jesus 
 put him, finds laid down for himself no rights ; nothing 
 but an endless dying, and in that dying is life.
 
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 Benvenuto d'lmola on Dante's ' Divine Comedy.' 
 
 Materia sive subjectum hujus libri est status animae 
 humane tam vivente corpore quam a corpore separata^. 
 
 Qui status universaliter est triplex, sicut auctor facit 
 tres partes de toto opere. Quasdam enim anima est cum 
 peccatis; et ilia, dum vivit cum corpore est mortua 
 moraliter loquendo, et sic est in Inferno morali ; dum 
 est separata a corpore est in Inferno essentiali, si obsti- 
 nata insanabiliter moriatur. Alia anima est quae recedit 
 a vitiis ; ista dum est in corpore, est in Purgatorio 
 morali, seu in actu pcenitentiae in quo purgat sua peccata ; 
 separata vero, est in Purgatorio essentiali. Alia anima est 
 quae in perfecto habitu virtutis, et jam vivens in corpore 
 est quodammodo in Paradiso, quia est in quadam 
 felicitate quantum est possibile in hac vita miseriae; 
 separata autem est in Paradiso ccelesti, ubi est vera et 
 perfecta felicitas, ubi fruitur visione Dei. 
 
 Giacopo della Lana on the same. 
 
 Perche Dante considera la vita umana essere di tre 
 condizioni, come e la vita di viziosi, e la vita di penitenti, 
 e la vita di virtuosi, per tanto di questo suo libro ne fa 
 tre parti, Inferno, Purgatorio, Paradiso.
 
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 I • 
 The Logos : 
 
 Das in der Menschheit sich verwirklichende Princip 
 
 des Lebens und Lichts. 
 
 The glory of Christ is given to believers when : 
 Sich das gottliche Princip in ihnen als das wirksam 
 erweitet, was es an sich ist ; 
 
 or more fully, when : 
 in ihnen durch die Mittheilung des wahren Gottes- 
 bewusstseyns, und des dadurch bedingten ewigen Lebens, 
 wodurch sie mit Jesu und dem Vater so Eins geworden 
 sind wie er mit dem Vater Eins ist, das Gottliche 
 Princip sich als das realisirt hat, was est an sich ist. 
 
 ovk f(fiayev tov vofiifiov afivbv iv eKewr] rrj rjfxepa 
 6 Kupios, aAA.' avros «raftev c"s u\rj6r]<; afjuos. 
 
 Chron. Pasch. 12. 
 ChristUS to 77-ao-xa ovk €<^ay£v aAX' tira6ev. 
 
 Hippolytus. 
 
 Those who take the Last Supper for the passover, 
 held on the 14th Nisan, and make Christ die on the 
 15th, are ignorant that the death of the lamb is the real 
 passover, and that the death of Christ, therefore, must 
 have happened on the 14th. Christus ist das a\y]9ivbv
 
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 ■n-da-xa, das nach mosaischem Gesetz am 14. Nisan 
 geschlachtet werden musste. 
 
 The old Asiatic Church kept the 14th as the day of 
 the Last Supper and the Passover. To Tqptiv and 
 (jlt) Trjpetv one should apply the Last Supper as the 
 Passover. 
 
 The notion that truths external to the mind may be 
 known by intuition or consciousness, independently of 
 observation and experience, is, I am persuaded, in these 
 times, the great intellectual support of false doctrines 
 and bad institutions. Mill. 
 
 aTrznrafJLeOa. to. KpvTTTa rr/s aur^wi/s. 
 
 Un homme tres instruit, jugeant tout avec un grand 
 sens, et tirant de ses lumieres le secret de son bonheur 
 moral. G. S. 
 
 Assertion : 
 
 La vie, c'est le mouvement, l'agitation, la depense 
 incessante des forces physiques, morales, et intellectuelles. 
 Aimons, souffrons, risquons et acceptons tout gaiement !
 
 72 Matthew Arnold's Notebooks [1873 
 
 Answer : 
 
 La vie est un orage, soit. Nous sommes orage et 
 convulsion nous-memes. Laissons-nous aller a cette 
 loi, qui emporte lout dans l'abime, et il n'y a plus de 
 societe, plus d'humanite, plus rien ; nous finissons, comme 
 les sauvages, par l'eau de feu. Si nous croyons a 
 la civilisation, c'est-a-dire a Dieu et a l'homme, luttons 
 contre l'orage exterieur et contre l'orage interieur ; 
 exergons-nous a la force, reservons le peu que nous en 
 acquerons chaque jour pour un noble emploi. Abstenons- 
 nous de curiosites qui ne peuvent nous donner qu'une 
 sensation egoi'ste et passagere, ne courons pas apres tous 
 les feux follets de la passion. G. S. 
 
 Clergymen understand the least, and take the worst 
 measure of human affairs, of all mankind that can read 
 and write. Clarendon. 
 
 The People 
 
 Each labours mentally for himself, forgetting the 
 general cause. While the present generation has its 
 crying needs, we, the guild of the studious, are filling 
 storehouses with provision for future centuries. It is 
 quite too true that our class does too little with the 
 object of wcrkirg on the nation. Bunsen.
 
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 The problem for modern nations is : 
 
 To give to the people a fund of common convictions, 
 and to educate them to the use of a uniform mode of 
 thought. Virchoiv. 
 
 Donner aux hommes un amour intelligent et 
 passionne du bien ! St. Hilaire. 
 
 Les renovateurs resteront en deca de la solution 
 qu'ils desirent, aussi longtemps qu'une doctrine positive, 
 embrassant a la fois l'intelligence et le moral, n'aura 
 pas donne a tous certains principes communs, equiva- 
 lents des religions. Littre. 
 
 L'orgueil theologique ou metaphysique, spiritualiste 
 ou materialiste, croit connaitre le monde dans son 
 principe ; il ne le connait pas. Littre. 
 
 En place des anciennes croyances s'est elevee la 
 grande conception des lois naturelles qui gouvernent 
 toutes choses, et desquelles on obtient beaucoup par la 
 science et par le travail. Littre. 
 
 II faut ramener le developpement de l'esprit 
 humain, non a une revelation supreme ou a une
 
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 inneite primitivement savante, mais a un progres qui 
 part des plus humbles rudiments. Littri. 
 
 Dire que la religion est psychologique, c'est dire 
 qu'elle provient d'un travail des facultes mentales. 
 
 Littre. 
 
 La tendance a. l'ordre ne peut-elle faire une partie 
 essentielle de nos inclinations, de notre instinct, comme 
 la tendance a la conservation, a la reproduction ? 
 
 Senancour. 
 
 Lessing se representait Dieu comme l'ame du grand 
 tout, et l'univers comme un organisme, comme un corps 
 anime par un principe infini de vie et de mouvement. 
 II croit que l'ordre universel est un bien, et qu'il y a 
 du bonheur dans la verite. Tout change incessament, 
 et tout s'ameliore en changeant. 
 
 La culture de l'esprit est la chose sainte par ex- 
 cellence ; nul n'en doit etre exclu. La culture de 
 l'esprit, la culture de 1'a.me, sont des devoirs pour tout 
 homme. Ce ne sont pas de simples ornements, ce sont 
 des choses sacrees comme la religion. Renan.
 
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 La puissance de l'education consiste a augmenter le 
 nombre des motifs dans l'esprit de l'individu, afin que 
 leur conflit l'eclaire et le soustraie a la toute-puissance 
 d'un motif unique. Littre. 
 
 C'est surtout en considerant ce que font les ouvriers 
 pour modifier la condition de leur classe que je 
 m'instruis. Littre. 
 
 II faut etudier les mouvements que les classes 
 impliquees dans la revolution et dans la renovation 
 produisent spontanement.
 
 y6 Matthew Arnold's Notebooks [1878 
 
 1878 
 
 La destination de l'homme est d'accroitre le senti- 
 ment de la joie, de feconder l'energie expansive, et de 
 combattre, dans tout ce qui sent, le principe de l'avilisse- 
 ment et des douleurs. 
 
 Lessing croit que l'ordre universel est un bien, et 
 qu'il y a du bonheur dans la verite. Tout change 
 incessamment, et tout s'ameliore en changeant. 
 Lessing se representait l'univers comme un corps 
 anime par un principe infini de vie et de mouvement, et 
 Dieu comme l'ame du grand tout. 
 
 Qu'il y ait dans la nature, dans l'art (nature 
 humanisee) des elements religieux et les bases de la 
 foi profonde, c'est ce qui ne vient a l'esprit de personne. 
 
 Le cceur de l'homme est religieux d'instinct, et dans 
 tous les cultes on trouve un besoin commun d'infini et 
 de felicite.
 
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 Den einzelnen Verkehrtheiten des Tags sollte man 
 immer nur grosse weltgeschichtliche Massen entgegen- 
 setzen. 
 
 Ecce labora et noli contristari. 
 
 Une vie laborieuse, une succession de travaux qui 
 remplissent et moralisent les jours ! 
 
 Rien n'augmente autant le decouragement que 
 l'oisivete. 
 
 Rien ne sauve dans cette vie-ci que l'occupation et le 
 travail. 
 
 Be steadfast in thy covenant, and be conversant 
 therein, and wax old in thy work. 
 
 Ik tov <£i\o7rovetv yiVc0' J>v 0eA.€is Kpareiv. 
 
 Gaudebis vespere si diem expendas fructuose. 
 
 Angelica hilaritas cum monastica simplicitate ! 
 
 Set your hearts unto all the words which I testify 
 among you this day, which ye shall command your
 
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 children to observe to do, all the words of this law. For 
 it is not a vain thing for you ; because it is your life. 
 
 Deut xxxii. 46, 47. 
 
 The wicked of heart are the Eternal's abomination ; 
 the upright in way are his delight. Prov. xi. 20. 
 
 ocrot ij3aTrTi(r6rjfji.€v €is Xpiorov, eis tov 66.vo.tov avrov 
 ffiaTTTio-Orjixev. 
 
 £t to Trvivfia tov eya'pavTOS tov 'Irjcrovv ck veKpwv 
 oIk€l iv v/juv, 6 eycipas Xpiorov ck veKp£>v £wo7roi7ycr£i koli 
 to. Ovrjra o-copaTa ifxwv Sui to cvoikovv auToi) irvcvfia iv 
 ifuv. 
 
 apa ovv, a8e\<poi, 6</>€iAerai eo-pev oi rfj crapKi tov 
 Kcrra o-dpKa. £t}v ' ei yap Kara crapKa £,f]Te, peAAcrc 
 a7ro^v^o-K€ii'. 
 
 Ye shall be holy : for I the Eternal your God am 
 holy. Levit. xix. 1. 
 
 That which is altogether just shalt thou follow, that 
 thou mayest live. All that do unrighteously are an 
 abomination unto the Eternal thy God. 
 
 Deut. xvi. 20; xxv. 16.
 
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 And now, Israel, what doth the Eternal thy God 
 require of thee, but to fear the Eternal thy God, to walk 
 in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve the 
 Eternal thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul, 
 to keep the commandments of the Eternal and his 
 statutes, which I command thee this day for thy good ? 
 
 Dent. x. 12, 13. 
 
 Keep therefore and do them ! And these words 
 which I command thee this day shall be in thy heart ; 
 and thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, 
 and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, 
 and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest 
 down, and when thou risest up. And thou shalt bind 
 them for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be as 
 frontlets between thine eyes. And thou shalt write 
 them upon the posts of thy house, and on thy gates. 
 
 Deut. vi. 6-9. 
 
 Righteousness delivereth from death. Prov. xi. 4. 
 
 The foolishness of man perverteth his way, and his 
 heart fretteth against the Eternal. Prov. xix. 3. 
 
 The fear of the Eternal tendeth to life, and he that 
 hath it shall abide satisfied ; he shall not be visited with 
 evil. Prov. xix. 23.
 
 8o MattJiew Arnold's Notebooks [1878 
 
 There are many devices in a man's heart ; nevertheless 
 the counsel of the Eternal, that shall stand. 
 
 Prov. xix. 21. 
 
 The wicked worketh a deceitful work ; but to him 
 that soweth righteousness shall be a sure reward. 
 
 Frequent prayer, as it is an exercise of holy thoughts, 
 is a most natural remedy against the power of sin. 
 
 Bp. Wilson. 
 
 Satis cito ponderamus et sentimus quid ab aliis sus- 
 tinemus ; sed quantum alii de nobis sustinent, non 
 advertimus. (Repeated.) 
 
 Sicut oculus tuus alios considerat, sic iterum ab aliis 
 notaris. 
 
 Quid ergo Athenis et Hierosolymis ? 
 
 Les idees chretiennes, apres avoir retrempe notre 
 nature morale, offrent encore a. notre meditation la plus 
 profonde un aliment sain et salutaire, une mine riche et 
 inepuisable. Reuss.
 
 1878] Matthew Arnold's Notebooks 81 
 
 Man streitet viel iiber Nutzen und Schaden der 
 Bibelverbreitung. Mir ist klar, schaden wird sie wie 
 bisher, dogmatisch und phantastisch gebraucht ; nutzen 
 wie bisher, didaktisch und gefuhlvoll aufgenommen. 
 
 G. 
 
 Audi verbum meum, et non curabis decern millia 
 verba hominum. 
 
 Quod es, hoc es ; nee melior dici vales quam 
 Deo teste sis. 
 
 Soli servi crucis inveniunt viam beatitudinis et vera 
 lucis. 
 
 Vere magnus est, qui magnam habet caritatem. 
 
 Kestner on Goethe at 24. 
 
 ' Vor der Christlichen Religion hat er Hochachtung, 
 nicht aber in der Gestalt, wie sie unsere Theologen 
 vorstellen.' 
 
 Wordsworth calls poetry : 
 
 'the breath and finer spirit of all knowledge.'
 
 82 Matthew Arnolds Notebooks [1878 
 
 Seneca says : 
 
 Nullum sine venia placuit ingenium. 
 
 Longinus says : 
 
 f] yap twv Xoywv Kptats 7roXAi}s eo-ri wetpas Te\evT(iiov 
 £inyevvr}p.a. 
 
 Sive homo, seu similis turpissima bestia nobis. 
 
 Quintus Serenus. 
 
 The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, 
 neither shall the children be put to death for the fathers ; 
 every man shall be put to death for his own sin. 
 
 Deut. xxiv. 1 6. 
 
 He is the Rock ; for all his ways are judgement ; a 
 God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is he. 
 Of the Rock that begat thee thou art unmindful. 
 
 Deut. xxxii. 4, 18. 
 
 It is not good to eat much honey, so for men to 
 make little their own glory, is glory. Prov. xxv. 27. 
 
 The poor useth entreaties, but the rich answereth 
 roughly. Prov. xviii. 23.
 
 1878] Matthew Arnold's Notebooks 83 
 
 Evil men understand not judgement ; but they that 
 seek the Eternal understand all things. Prov. xxviii. 5. 
 
 The rich man is wise in his own conceit; but the 
 poor that hath understanding searcheth him out. 
 
 Prov. xxviii. 1 1 . 
 
 The righteous considereth the cause of the poor ; 
 but the wicked regardeth not to know it. 
 
 Prov. xxix. 7. 
 
 servare modum, finemque tenere 
 Naturamque sequi — 
 
 Nee sibi, sed toti genitum se credere mundo — 
 In commune bonus. Lucan. 
 
 L'opinion generaie dirige l'autorite, quels qu'en soient 
 les depositoires. 
 
 M. Turgot regardait comme tres importante toute 
 methode de simplifier, de rendre plus faciles les opera- 
 tions de l'esprit quelles qu'elles fussent. 
 
 There ought to be a system of manners in every 
 nation, which a well-formed mind would be disposed to 
 relish. Burke. 
 
 g 2
 
 84 Matthew Arnold's Notebooks [1878 
 
 Connaitre la verite pour y conformer l'ordre de la 
 societe, telle est l'unique source du bonheur public. 
 
 Si Ton n'enseignait aux enfants que des verites, si on 
 ne leur parlait que de ce qu'ils peuvent entendre, il n'y 
 aurait presque plus d'esprits faux. 
 
 L'ordre naturel tend a rendre l'opinion generate de 
 plus en plus conforme a la verite. / 
 
 Turgot etait convaincu que pour detruire le mal en 
 lui-meme [of chaotic and unjust administration] il suffirait 
 de suivre quelques principes bien simples, qu'il s'etonnait 
 de ne pas trouver plus repandus. 
 
 Les calvinistes opposaient a nos superstitions popu- 
 lates, souvent remplies de debauches, une durete farouche 
 et des mceurs feroces, caractere de presque tous les refor- 
 mateurs. Voltaire. 
 
 ra; /xwpas ^Tr/cret9 «ai epets Treputrracro ■ yv/Jivd^e 8k 
 creavrbv 7rpos etxre/Seiav. tu7tos yivov twv irurTitiV, iv Aoya>, 
 iv ai'acrTpo<f)fj, iv aya7rr/, iv Triarei, iv ayvtia. ravra /xeXera, 
 iv tovtols taOi, tva aov rj TrpoKoirrj <pavepa rj Tracriv.
 
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 fxyj dpe'Aer tov iv col papier fxaros. €7re^e aeavTcZ kclI rrj 
 StSacrKaXta, e7rip.€ve avTois. tovto yap Tvoidv kol (reavrov 
 
 0~WO"€lS KOLl TOV<$ OLKOVOVTOLS (TOV. 
 
 ay<avi£ov tov /caAov aywva ttJs 7r<.aT€a>9, iircXaf^ov rrjs 
 alwvLOV ^ojt/s. 
 
 inrofJLifxvqcrKe avroi>s 7rct^ap^etv, Kat 7rpos 7rdV epyoi 
 dya#ov eroipovs elvai, p-^SeVa ft\acr<f>r)fxe'iv, apo^ou? ctvai, 
 oriei/ccis, TTafrav e7ri8a/<vi;pevot'S TrpavTrjra 7rpos 7ravras 
 dv0pcu7rovs. 
 
 Pourquoi chez aucun peuple n'a-t-il done existe de 
 bonnes mceurs ? C'est qu'aucun n'a eu de bonnes lois. 
 
 Turgot in Condorcet. 
 
 r/fjicv yap 7roT€ kul ^peis avorjToi, aTretOiLS, irXavwfxevoi, 
 8ov\evovTe<; iiri6vfx.iat<; Kat ^Somis 7rot/«Aa<.?, ev Kama koli 
 (f>66v(a 8idyo)'T€?, (TTvyqTot, puroiWes dAA^Aoi,?. 
 
 Partout les lois ont favorise l'inegalite des fortunes, 
 qui plonge une petite partie des citoyens dans la corrup- 
 tion, pour condamner le reste a l'avilissement et a la 
 misere. T, in C.
 
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 Si manseris in via. mea, cognosces veritatem, et Veritas 
 liberabit te, et apprehendes vitam asternam. 
 
 Ego sum via, Veritas, vita. 
 
 Sine via. non itur, sine veritate non cognoscitur, sine 
 vita, non vivitur. 
 
 7) OlT/CTl? lyKOTTTj T?}? 7TpOK07T^S l(TTLV. 
 
 Ut servetur Veritas pr?edicandi, teneatur necesse est 
 altitudo vivendi. Gregory the Great. 
 
 I80V, €<TT7]KO. £7Tt T7JV dvpdV Kal Kf)OV(t> ' €OLV T19 aKOVCTT] T1/S 
 
 cjion'fjs jxov ko.1 avoiirj rrjv Oupav, elo-eXevo-o/xat 7rpo? avrov, 
 kolI Senrvrjcro) fxer avrov, /ecu auros /J-er ifxov. 
 
 L'habitude des actions de bonte, celle des affections 
 tendres, est la source de bonheur la plus pure, la plus 
 inepuisable. 
 
 Laisse germer dans ton cceur de douces affections 
 pour les person nes que les evenements, les habitudes, 
 tes gouts, tes occupations, rapprocheront de toi. 
 
 Jouis des sentiments des personnes que tu aimeras ; 
 mais surtout jouis des tiens. Occupe-toi de leur bon- 
 heur, et le tien en sera la recompense.
 
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 Good Friday 
 lv caurois orem^opev, vloOe(Tiav a7T€K8e^6fx£vot. 
 
 II est plus doux, plus commode, si j'ose le dire, de 
 vivre pour autrui, et c'est alors seulement qu'on vit 
 veritablement pour soi-meme. Condorcet. 
 
 Easter Sunday 
 ocroi irvzvp.a.Ti Ocov ayovTcu, ovtol viol cicriv $€Ov. 
 
 tois Koff {nrofiovrjv epyov dyaOov 86£av kcu ti/x^v kol 
 a<f>6ap(Tiav £,t}tov(tu', £a)r/ atwi'tos. 
 
 Paul's Theology 
 
 i£ tpywv vofiov ov SiKCUco#r/a-eTai Tra<ra crap£ ivwinov 6eov ' 
 vvvX oe ^oopi? vojxov SiKaiocrvvr] 6eov 7re(parepwTai, SiKatoavvr) 
 0€ ueov ota 7TtcrTews XpioTOv, £is 7ravTas rous 7rio"T£iWTa?. 
 
 Toutes les questions sont des questions de plus ou 
 de moins. 
 
 to (ppoviq/xa rrjs trap/cos lyQpa. eis Oeov, tw yap vopw tov 
 0€ov oi)( VTTOTacra-iTai, ouSe yap Svvarai. 
 
 ■ol 8k iv (rapKi ovtcs 6e<Z dpecrai ov SiVai'Tat.
 
 88 Matthew Arnold's Notebooks [1878 
 
 fj.7} o-vo-xqfJ-aTi^ecrOe to aiwvt touto), dAAa fJL€Ta,[j.op(pov(r6e 
 Trj dvaKatvwo-ci tou voos, eis to So/a/i,d£«v vpas ri to OekrjfjLa 
 tov 6eov to ayaOhv koI evapeaTov kcu re'Aeiov. 
 
 iravres avecrTpd<pr]fxev ttotc iv reus iTriOvpLiais tt)s (rap/cos 
 T//xwi/, TroiowTEs Ttt OeXrjpiaTa t^s o-ap/<os kcu twv Siavoiwv, 
 /ecu r/iAeOa re/cva cpvaei opyrjs. 
 
 ot 7roAAot ev (Twfjia. iafiev iv Xpio"T<3, to St Ka#' eis 
 clAA^Awv /xe'Ar/. jfaw*. xii. 5. 
 
 €t Tt 7rdcr^et ev pe'Aos, crvp.Ta.o'^u TrdvTo. to. /xiXr], 
 
 I CVr. xii. 26. 
 
 ev tw rrvv8io-/Jno tt/s eip^v^s ev o-wpia kcu eV 7rvc{)yLia / 
 
 Dies mei sicut umbra declinaverunt, et ego sicut 
 fbenum arui ; 
 
 Tu autem, Domine, in asternum permanes, et memo- 
 riale tuum in generationem et generationem. 
 
 Patience et longueur de temps 
 Font plus que force ni que rage. 
 
 icr/xiv dAATyAtov fxiXrj. Eph; iv. 25.
 
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 Society is a sort of organism on the growth of which 
 conscious efforts can exercise little effect. Karl Marx. 
 
 rrj irpoo-evxyj irpoaKapTeptire, ypyyopovvres iv avrrj ev 
 ei^apicrTia. Col. IV. 2. 
 
 He that believeth shall not make haste. 
 
 Is. xxviii. 16. 
 
 Whit Sunday 
 
 6 v6fio<; tov irvevjAaTos t>}s £wf)<; iv Xpioro) Irjcrov 
 rjXevOepoxrev <re onrb tov vo/jlov ri}s d/xaprtas ko.1 tov Oavarov. 
 
 VfJLeLS OVK €OT€ iv (TO.pKL oXXo. iv 7TVi.VfJi.aT I, €(.7T€p TTVZVp.0. 
 
 6eov oIkcl iv v/.tLv. 
 
 ei 8e Xptcrros iv v/xiv, to fxev o~wp.a veKpbv Sia a/xapTiav, 
 to 8e 7r^€v/x.a ^<u^ 8ia Sikcuoctvj'^v. 
 
 €i 8e Tts 7rv€vp.a XpiarTOv ovK e^€i, oStos ovk cotiv airoi;. 
 17 vloOecrta 8ta Xpio-Tot) 'I^o-ov €is tov #eov / 
 
 Nunquam sis ex toto otiosus, sed aut legens, aut 
 scribens, aut orans, aut meditans, aut aliquid utilitatis 
 pro communi laborans.
 
 90 Matthew Arnold's Notebooks [1878 
 
 Trinity Sunday 
 fir] <f>6apr]T0) toi vo-qfxara vfiwv airo tt}s a.TrXoTr}TOS kcli 
 tt}s dyvcm^ros rrjs €ts tov Xpio-roV / 
 
 Non est alia via ad vitam, et ad veram internam 
 pacem, nisi via sanctae crucis et quotidiange mortifica- 
 tionis. 
 
 ovcrta tow dya#ou, 7rpoaipeo~is 7roia" tov kolkov, irpoaipe- 
 (ris 7rota • tc ovv To. €Ktos ; vAai ttj 7rpocupecrei. Epict. 
 
 koBoKov e/cetvo p-epv^ao, on caurors GXifiofiev, eavTovs 
 crT€VO)((j>povfX€v ' tovt tern, To. SoypaTa i^pds OXifSei /cat 
 crTevo^copci. Epict. 
 
 ra dya#d rt'va vplv 8oK€t ; 7rpoatpeo-ts oia Set, Ktu xprj<ri$ 
 (pavTacriwv. Epict. 
 
 ov 6eXets ah xprjcrOai 7rapeA.tiwv ots epa^es ; ou ydp 
 Aoydptd «m, rd AetVovra vw. Ti ow to AeiTrov co-tiv ; 6 
 Xpy]o~6fxevo<;, 6 epyw papTvpr/o-cov tois Xoyois. Epict. 
 
 dp\T] (piXurofpias, (rvvaLO-OqaiS Tr)<; avTOv dcr^evetas xai 
 doWapias 7repl Ta dvayKata. Epict. 
 
 Christiano paucis ad scientiam veritatis opus est. 
 
 Tertuilian.
 
 1878] Mattheiv Arnold's Notebooks 91 
 
 ij8' apxV 0tA.oo"o<£tas, Karayi'wo-ts kou amo-Tia 77y>os to 
 i/aAa>s So/cow, epevva Se tis 7repi to Sokovv, el opOws SokcI. 
 
 Epict. 
 
 os av TTOLyjo-rj ra OtXrjfiaTa rov Oeov, ouros doVA<£os pou 
 Kal a8e\<l>7] Kal p.rfn]p ecrriv. Mark iii. 35. 
 
 The happiness of your life depends upon the quality 
 of your thoughts ; therefore guard accordingly. 
 
 M. Aurelius. 
 
 O si adverteres, quantam tibi pacem et aliis laetitiam 
 faceres, te ipsum bene habendo ! 
 
 Love is an expansion, not a contraction ; a giving, 
 not a craving. It breaks in pieces the condensing circle 
 of self, and goes forth in the delightfulness of its desire 
 to bless. Fool of Quality. 
 
 Mile, de PEspinasse's Art of Conversation 
 
 II consiste a. ne parler jamais de vous aux autres, 
 et beaucoup d'eux. DAletnbert. 
 
 Elevons nos ames vers celui qui represente dans nos 
 pensees l'ideale justice et l'infatigable amour !
 
 92 Matthew Arnold's Notebooks [1878 
 
 On est insense, selon moi, de chercher le pouvoir 
 l'ascendant, l'eclat, dans une situation materielle quel- 
 conque. G. S. 
 
 Le vrai pouvoir, celui qui atteint le coeur, la raison, 
 et la conscience, n'a besoin ni de trone, ni d'armee, 
 ni d'argent. Pour l'obtenir, il n'y a qu'un travail a. faire 
 sur soi-meme, chercher le beau, le vrai, et le reprendre 
 dans la mesure de ses forces. Id. 
 
 Sine sollicitudine et diligentia nunquam acquires 
 
 virtutes. 
 
 Si dederis te ad fervorem, invenies magnam pacem et 
 senties leviorem laborem. Homo fervidus et diligens ad 
 omnia est paratus. 
 
 Vigila super te ipsum, excita te ipsum, admone te 
 ipsum ; et quidquid de aliis sit, non neglige te ipsum. 
 
 Tantum proficies, quantum tibi ipsi vim intuleris. 
 
 L'egoi'sme donne la mesure de l'inferiorite des etres ; 
 un etre parfait ne serait plus egoi'ste. Renan. 
 
 The French : 
 
 Une nation qui ne sait pas obeir, qui ne sait rien 
 respecter. M. de M.
 
 1878] Matthew Arnold's Notebooks 93 
 
 Si nous sortons de cette affreuse crise, je n'oublierai 
 pas que nous avons une serieuse reforme a operer dans 
 nos moeurs, une teinte grave a, imprimer a notre vie. 
 
 Id. 
 
 Nous sommes frappes dans ce que nous avons de 
 plus cher : notre orgueil, et notre vie de sensualite. Id. 
 
 France and England as opponents of Prussia's taking 
 Holland: L'une est vaincue, l'autre n'a pas d'armee, et 
 se trouve paralysee par la crainte de la Russie en Orient 
 et aux Indes. Id. 
 
 Les atrocites de la guerre ne sont rachetees que si 
 elles ont pour resultat une nation a une plus grande 
 hauteur morale et materielle. Id. 
 
 Apres les ruines du passe, au milieu de la confusion 
 du present et devant les incertitudes de l'avenir, le 
 pays trouvait dans sa vitalite naturelle, dans l'influence 
 dominatrice, qu'il exercait sur les besoins futiles mais 
 imperieux du monde entier, une mine de production et 
 d'expansion extraordinaires. Id. 
 
 Si recte tibi esset, et bene purgatus esses, omnia tibi 
 in bonum cederent et profectum.
 
 94 Mattheiv Arnold's Notebooks [1878 
 
 iav fj.7] (TTpacfirJTe Kal yevqcrde ws to TraiSia, ov [x.y] 
 icri\6y]T€ ets Triv /?a<TiA.eiav toiv ovpav&v. 
 
 In pueris elucet spes plurimorum, quae ubi emoritur 
 retate, manifestum est non defecisse naturam sed curam. 
 
 Quintilian. 
 
 ret oravTOv Kudupov. ivTevOev, eK ttj<; Siavoias, €/</3aA.e 
 Ai^r^, <£d/3oi', iinOvfxiai', (p86vov, €7rt^atp€/coKt'ai', <fu\apyv- 
 piav. fjLa\a.KLav, d/cpacrtav. 
 
 Taura Se ouk eoriv dAAoos €KJ3a\elv, el jxtj 7rpos porov 
 tov 0edv a.Tro/3\e7rovTa, eKetvw povw TrpocnreirovdoTa, rots 
 Zkclvov TrpocrTay/xacri KaOwdiuijxivov. 
 
 Le mieux est de faire contre fortune bon coeur. 
 
 Ammianus Marcellinus on Constantius 
 
 ' Christianam religionem absolutam et simplicem 
 anili superstitione confudit.' 
 
 The nouveaux riches differ from the other rich only 
 
 in this — tw airavra fxaXkov Kal <pav\oTe t a KaKa. €'x €tv T0 ^ s 
 veoirXovTovs. Aristotle. 
 
 Two things, says Hippocrates, the physician needs : 
 
 fiXmroi'irjv Kal 7rov\v)^povLy]v.
 
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 The Roman priest to a too clever Vestal Virgin : 
 'Coli Deos sancte magis quam scite.' 
 
 Sine amico non potes bene vivere, et si Jesus non 
 fuerit tibi prae omnibus amicus, eris nimis tristis et 
 desolatus. 
 
 Esto humilis et pacificus, et erit tecum Jesus. 
 
 Sis devotus et quietus, et permanebit tecum Jesus. 
 
 Strauss says : 
 
 None but a book-student could ever imagine that a 
 creation of the brain, woven of poetry and philosophy, 
 can take the place of real religion. 
 
 Parva in aliis reprehendimus, et majora nostra 
 pertransimus. 
 
 After all, a benevolent and rational absolutism is the 
 best form of Government. Bismarck. 
 
 Vanity of Vanities 
 
 The force of attraction is doubly displayed, 
 Between subject and object it acts ; — 
 
 The clasp of a fitness transcendently made 
 By the God, or the will, which attracts. 
 
 Windfalls.
 
 g6 Matthew Arnold's Notebooks [1878 
 
 There are a great many theatres scattered over the 
 town, some of which are very good, while others are the 
 ruination of thousands of people. 
 
 P. J. Letter on London. 
 
 In cruce robur mentis, in cruce gaudium spiritus. 
 
 An Englishwoman of sixty years ago, full of that 
 pure, unquestioning, simple, yet profound and practical 
 religion, which, if it has passed away from amongst us, 
 has left behind it undying influences, and examples 
 much easier to reverence than to follow or surpass. 
 
 Coleridge on Miss Dyson. 
 
 'Hope, together with her twin sisters, Faith and 
 Charity, was known to the ancients under the name of 
 the "Three Graces." Woolwich Candidate. 
 
 Wer recht wirken will muss nie schelten, sich um das 
 Verkehrte nicht bekiimmern, sondern nur das Gute 
 immer thun. G. 
 
 The day-dreamer, says Plato, dpyov ko.1 oAAus ^v^nv, 
 tri apyoTtpav iroul.
 
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 Versuche deine Pflicht zu thun, und du weisst gleich 
 was an Dir ist. Was aber ist deine Pflicht ? 
 
 Die Forderung des Tages. 
 
 Christmas Day 
 
 l8ov, evayyeXi^ofJLai ifjuv ^apav p.eyd\r)v, ^Tts Icrrai ttolvtI 
 tu Aa<3. on irex^V vfjuv crr/fifpov craiTrjp, 6's e'o-riv XpiaTos, 
 Kvpios ev 7roXti Aauet'S. 
 
 o #€09 6 7rap€^wv T^yu-tv 7rai/Ta 7tAoho-iojs ets aTroXavcriv. 
 
 ft tis ev Aoyw ov irraUi, ovtos tcAckx; <xv?7/d, Swaris 
 ^aAivayaiy^o-ai mi oAov to crwfia. James iii. 2. 
 
 A sound heart is the life of the flesh, but envy the 
 rottenness of the bones. 
 
 A merry heart doeth good like a medicine, but a 
 broken spirit drieth the bones. 
 
 Odpcrei ' Kal rore /xev croc^i'^s eV a/cpoicrt 6oucro-ei<;. 
 
 Sis a venereis amoribus aversus ; quibus si te 
 dedideris, non aliud quidquam possis cogitare quam 
 illud quod diligis. 
 
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 aTrenrdfJieOa to. Kpyrrra ri}s ala-)(yvq<s. 
 In abscissione omnium infimarum delectationum erit 
 benedictio tua. 
 
 Le philosophe est au fond de tout artiste de reelle 
 valeur. G. S. 
 
 De la vie generate la culture intellectuelle doit etre le 
 but. G. S. 
 
 Das Hervorbringen selbst ein Vergntigen una sein 
 eigner Lohn ist. G. 
 
 Eat and drink such an exact quantity as suits the 
 constitution of thy body, in reference to the services of 
 the mind. Franklin. 
 
 Rien ne s'arrangera plus en ce monde que par la 
 raison et l'equite, la patience, le savoir, le devouement et 
 la modestie. G. S. 
 
 Johnson on the youthful Pope's omnivorous Reading 
 
 ' In a mind like his, however, all the faculties were at 
 once involuntarily improving. Judgment is forced upon 
 us by experience. He that reads many books must 
 compare one opinion or one style with another ; and 
 when he compares, must necessarily distinguish, reject, 
 and prefer.'
 
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 Erskine on Providence 
 
 A purpose of goodness and kindness at the founda- 
 tion of all things, and ordering all things, is the only rest 
 for the soul of man amidst the agitations of time. What 
 changes have come upon both of us ! still let us be 
 comforted by the assurance that there is no accident in 
 them, and that indeed that wise and loving purpose 
 underlies them all, and, when truly entered into and 
 understood, gives them a satisfactory interpretation. 
 
 The Method 
 
 KaOapicrov to £vto<; — to, zk tou dv6p<x)7rov iKiroptvopava 
 ianv Ta KowovvTa avOpwirov. coxo^ev yap Ik rrj<; KapSias 
 twv av6po>Tro)V, ol SiaAoyioyx.01 ol kclkol tKiroptvovrai, 
 Tropveiai, KXoTrai, <povoi, p.ot^ciai, TrXeove^iai, Trovrjpiai, SoAos, 
 dcreAyeia, 6<pda\p,b<; Trovrjpos, f3\ao~<pr)p.t,a, vTrepr]<pavia, 
 d<fipoavvr] • Trdvra ravra rd Trovrjpd ecrco^ev €K7ropeu£Tai, /cat 
 ravra icrnv rd Kowovvra tov dvOpoyirov. 
 
 paKapioi ol Kadapol rrj KapSia, on avrol tov $edv 
 oij/ovrai. 
 
 ocra Icrrlv dXrjdrj, ocra crepvd, ocra SiKaia, ocra dyvd, ocra 
 Trpocr(f>i\rj, ocra €vcj>r]p.a, €i tis aperr/ /cat ei tis €7ratv05, ravra 
 Aoyi^€cr0c. 
 
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 lOO Matthew Arnold's Notebooks [1878 
 
 The Temper, or Element 
 
 apaTt tov £vyoV pov i(f> vp,as, Kat fxd$€T€ a.Tr epov on 
 7rpavs eifjii Kal rcnreLvos rrj KapSta, Kal evprjo-ere ava-rravfTiv 
 Tats \pv)(ai<; vpwv. o yap £vyds /xov ^prjaTos kuI to (popriov 
 p.ov i\a<ppov i(TTiv. 
 
 r) irpavTrjs Kat e7rietK£ia tov Xpto~Tov. 
 
 rj anrXoTrjs Kal dyvoTZ/S tov Xpio"TOV. 
 
 The Secret 
 
 eAcyev Se 7rpos 7ravTas ' Ei tis ^eAct 671-10-0) /xov ep^eaOai, 
 apvqcrdo-Oo} eavrov, Kal dpaTO) tov crravpov avrov Ka$' fjfxepav, 
 Kal aKo\ov8eLT(D pot. os ydp av 6e\y tt]v if/v^y/v avTOV o-Gxrat 
 d7roXe'oret avTYjv. 09 S' av d-woXicrrj ttjv ij/v^yjv avrov eveKev 
 epov, ovtos acuo-ei avn/i'. Tt -/dp ax^eAeiTat avOponro's, 
 KepSrjo-as tov Kocrpov oAov, iavTov Se a7roAeo-as 17 ^piio^eis ; 
 
 Luke ix. 23-25. 
 
 €7rp€7r£v yap avTo>, St' ov Ta 7rdvTa Kai St ov Ta 7rdvTa, 
 7roAAovs vtovs e<s S6£av dyaydj/ra, tov dp^rjybv t^s o'wrrjpias 
 avTOiV Sid 7ra0rjfxa.TO)V TeAettocrai. 
 
 eVei ow Ta 7ratSta K€KOivwvr)Kev atp.aTos Kat o~apKos, Kat 
 avros Trapa7r\r)o~LU)<; /xeTea^ev Ttov avTW, tva Std tov 6ava.Tov 
 KaTapyqarf tov to KpaTOs e^ovTa tov OavaTov, tovtccttiv tov 
 Sid/SoAov, Kat d7raAAdi97 tovtovs octoi <p6(3u> OavaTov Std 
 7ravTos tov £i}v evo^ot ^crav SovAetas. Zfe$. ii. 10, 1 4, 1 5.
 
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 bs ras d/xaprtas rjfxu)v auros avrjvsyKev iv ™ crw/xaTt 
 avrov £7rt to £uA.or, iva Teas dyuaprtais a7royevoyU.€voi tjJ 
 8tKaioo-vi^ t,r](TwfX€v. I ^V/. 11. 24. 
 
 Goethe on Frederick the Great 
 
 Was Friedrichen so gross und einzig gemacht hat, ist 
 dass er jede bedeutende Sache, die er unternahm, so 
 eifrig, so thatig betrieb als wenn sie die einzige ware die 
 ihn beschaftigte, und als hatte er noch nie was anderes 
 zu Stande gebracht. 
 
 Voltaire 
 
 Voltaire a porte dans toutes les spheres Finfatigable 
 activite qui le devorait, et ce gout de l'universalite qui lui 
 faisait dire : ' II faut donner a son ame toutes les formes 
 possibles. II faut faire entrer dans notre etre toutes les 
 modes imaginables, ouvrir toutes les portes de son ame a 
 toutes les sciences et a tous les sentiments ; pourvu que 
 tout cela n'entre pas pele-mele, il y a place pour tout le 
 monde.' 
 
 Cotidorcet 
 
 Si tu veux que la societe repande sur ton ame plus 
 de plaisirs ou de consolations que de chagrins ou 
 d'amertumes, sois indulgent, et preserve-toi de la person-
 
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 nalite comme d'un poison qui en corrompt toutes les 
 douceurs. Je parle de cette personnalite qui, dans les 
 details de la vie, nous fait tout rapporter aux interets 
 personnels, aux interets de notre sante, de notre com- 
 modity, de nos gouts, de notre bien-etre ; qui nous tient 
 en quelque sorte toujours en presence de nous-memes ; 
 qui se nourrit de petits sacrifices qu'elle impose aux 
 autres, sans en sentir l'injustice et presque sans le savoir ; 
 qui trouve naturel et juste tout ce qui lui convient, 
 injuste et bizarre tout ce qui la blesse ; qui crie au 
 caprice et a. la tyrannie, si un autre en la menageant 
 s'occupe un peu de lui-meme. Ce defaut eloigne 
 la bienveillance, afflige et refroidit l'amitie. On est 
 mecontent des autres, dont jamais Pabnegation d'eux- 
 memes ne peut etre assez complete. On est mecontent 
 de soi, parce qu'une humeur vague et sans objet devient 
 un sentiment constant et penible dont on ne se delivre 
 pas. 
 
 Condorcet 
 
 Persuade depuis longtemps que l'espece humaine est 
 indefiniment perfectible, et que ce perfectionnement, 
 suite necessare de l'etat actuel des connaissances et des 
 societes, ne peut etre arrete que par des revolutions 
 physiques dans le globe, je regardais le soin de hater ces
 
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 progres comme un des premiers devoirs de l'homme qui a 
 fortifie sa raison par l'etude et par la meditation. 
 
 Toute la vie de Turgot fut dominee par l'idee haute, 
 la foi du Progres infini, du developpement sans bornes 
 des puissances et des activites humaines. 
 
 Henry Cochifi 
 
 With Shakespeare 'la prose intervient toutes les 
 fois que le sujet, plus familier, convient mal au majes- 
 tueux iambique anglais.' 
 
 Shakespeare ' est le roi du metre poetique et du style, 
 de meme qu'il est le roi de la pensee. A cote de sa 
 prose eblouissante, Shakespeare a su placer les vers les 
 plus varies, les plus harmonieux, que l'oreille de l'homme 
 ait entendus resonner depuis les Grecs.'
 
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 Voila le but presente par le christianisme a l'humanite 
 toute entiere comme son but dernier et definitif: le 
 Royaume de Dieu sur la terre. 
 
 Vere magnus est qui magnam habet caritatem. 
 
 <f>V<TlK7) £(TTLV 7j[MV KOLVOiVLOL 7Tp6<i dA.A77A.OUS, KOU TdVTrjV 
 
 8ci 7ravrt rpoTrio (f>vXd<icr€Li'. 
 
 Ich beabsichtige eine allgemeine Bildung aller, welche 
 als Menschen geboren sind, zu allem was menschlich ist. 
 
 L'egoisme nous donne la mesure de l'inferiorite des 
 etres, et decroit a mesure qu'on s'eloigne de l'animal. 
 
 Tout ce qui multiplie les nceuds qui attachent 
 l'homme a l'homme, le rend meilleur et plus heureux. 
 (Repeated.) 
 
 Quiconque eteint dans l'homme un sentiment de 
 bienveilla.icc, le tue partiellement.
 
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 The righteous considereth the cause of the poor; but 
 the wicked regardeth not to know it. 
 
 Qui quasrit privata, amittit communia. 
 
 Ecce labora et noli contristari ! 
 
 Das Hervorbringen selbst ein Vergniigen und sein 
 eigener Lohn ist. 
 
 Wer sich heut zu Tage nicht ganz vom Klatsch der 
 kritischen Blatter zuriickhalt, und sich nicht mit Gewalt 
 isolirt, ist verloren. 
 
 Multa oportet surda aure pertransire, et quae tuae 
 pacis sunt magis cogitare. 
 
 Pone te primus in pace et tunc poteris alios pacificare. 
 
 Telle qu'elle nous a ete octroyee, la vie est un don 
 excellent, et pour chacun de nous la revelation d'une 
 bonte infinie. 
 
 If thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength is 
 small.
 
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 The foolishness of man perverteth his way, and his 
 heart fretteth against the Eternal. 
 
 Let not graciousness and truth forsake thee ; bind 
 them about thy neck, write them upon the tables of thy 
 heart. So shalt thou find favour and good understanding 
 with God and man. 
 
 Ta ayaOa. TtVa vjxiv Sokci; 7rpoatpecns oia Sei, /cat )(prj<TL<i 
 <£avTao"iwj/ ; 
 
 aAAa tl ; ravra //.e'^pt wSe, eis oTkov 8' oi>8eis airotpipei ' 
 dAA' ev6v<; 7rpos to iraihaptov 7roAe/>ios, 7rpos tovs yeiTOvas, 
 7rpos tows (TK<i>if/avTa<;. kgiAws yevoiTO tw tv^ovti, oti /ac 
 KaOrjfxepav i^eXiy^et jX7]8kv ciSora. 
 
 twv j3e\TL(TTU)v o~oi </>aivo//evcov outoos £X oi; ' ^ s a7ro T0V 
 0eou TtTay/AEVos €i? ravTrjv rr]v ^copav. 
 
 Bien dire, c'est bien sentir. 
 
 Omnia vanitas, prseter amare Deum, et illi soli servire. 
 
 Tu, Domine, solus es fidelissimus in omnibus, et 
 praeter te non est alter talis. 
 
 oo~a iaTW aXrjOrj, oaa cre/xva.. . .
 
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 Toute la vie de Turgot fut dominee par l'idee haute, 
 la foi du Progres infini, du developpement sans bornes 
 des puissances et des activities humaines. 
 
 Semper aliquid certi proponendum est. 
 
 Rien ne sauve dans cette vie-ci que l'occupation et 
 le travail. 
 
 Une vie laborieuse, une succession de travaux qui 
 remplissent et moralisent les jours ! 
 
 With joy shall ye draw water out of the wells of 
 salvation. Is. xii. 3. 
 
 Whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give 
 him, shall never thirst. John iv. 14. 
 
 Rien ne s'arrangera plus en ce monde que par la 
 raison et l'equite, la patience, le savoir, le devouement et 
 la modestie. 
 
 II y a des forces de faiblesse, de docilite, de seduc- 
 tion, ou de suavite, qui sont tout aussi reelles que les 
 forces de vigueur, d'empietement, de violence ou de 
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 Alles Siindigen ein Selbstverderben undSelbstmorden 
 
 ist, 
 
 As righteousness tendeth to life, so he that pursueth 
 evil pursueth it to his own death. Prov. xi. 19. 
 
 II ne s'agit pas de parler, il s'agit de persuader ; il ne 
 s'agit pas d'ecrire sur du papier, il faut ecrire dans les 
 coeurs. J. de M. 
 
 Le soin de bien dire la verite et d'apprivoiser l'atten- 
 tion est un devoir, une fonction du sage et une marque 
 de sa bonte. 
 
 La gaiete clarifie l'esprit, surtout la gaiete litteraire. 
 L'ennui 1'embrouille. 
 
 Recherchons tout ce qui peut donner de la grace, de 
 la gaiete, du bonheur dans la vie ! 
 
 II faut se faire aimer, car les hommes ne sont justes 
 qu'envers ceux qu'ils aiment. 
 
 Celui qui manque a sa vocation est puni parce qu'il 
 n'a pas fait, par l'epuisement qui resulte d'une force non 
 employee, d'une tension sans resultat.
 
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 Die Wahl der Gegenstande zeigt immer, was Einer fiir 
 ein Mann, und wess Geisteskind er ist. G. 
 
 Pour gagner l'humanite, il faut lui plaire ; pour lui 
 plaire, il faut etre aimable. 
 
 En quoi ai-je avance l'oeuvre generale, et que reste-t-il 
 de moi en bien et en mal ? J. de M. 
 
 Le faible, que le mondain dedaigne, lui est d'ordinaire 
 superieur; la somme de vertu est chez ceux qui 
 obeissent (servantes, ouvriers, soldats, marins, etc.) plus 
 grande que chez ceux qui commandent et jouissent. 
 
 Commander et jouir, loin d'aider a la vertu, sont une 
 difficulte pour etre vertueux. 
 
 O that thou hadst hearkened unto my command- 
 ments ! then had thy peace been as a river. 
 
 Ich Hess die deutsche Literatur und das Studium 
 derselben sehr bald hinter mir, und wandete mich zum 
 Leben und zur Production. G. 
 
 La souveraine habilete consiste a bien connaitre le 
 prix des choses.
 
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 Scias pro certo, quia morientem te oportet ducere 
 vitam. 
 
 Le philosophe est au fond de tout artiste de reelle 
 valeur. G. S. 
 
 Ponder the path of thy feet and let all thy ways be 
 established. 
 
 Les grandes ames portent dans leur propre fonds un 
 tendre sentiment du vrai. V. 
 
 Le sentiment de nos forces les augmente. V. 
 
 Im engen Kreis verengert sich der Sinn. G. 
 
 Une ame belle trouve un charme secret a satisfaire 
 son genie bienfaisant et accessible. V. 
 
 Victurosque Dei celant, ut vivere durent, 
 Felix esse mori. Lucan. 
 
 ®apo~ei, tzkvov, a<pievTo.L crov at ap.apTi.ai. 
 
 Matth. ix. 2. 
 
 iSwv Sc tovs oy\ov% io"ir\ayYyi<r6r) irepi au7w, on rjcrav 
 e<Tnv\fJLWOi K<xl Ippifx-fJiivoL wcrei npo^ara p.}] e^ovra iroipiva.
 
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 Tu habe Deum prge oculis, et noli contendere verbis 
 querulosis. 
 
 Was ist wichtiger als die Gegenstande, und was ist 
 die ganze Kunstlehre ohne sie ? Alles Talent ist 
 verschwendet, wenn der Gegenstand nichts taugt. G. 
 
 Tantum contende in republica quantum probari tuis 
 civibus possis. Cicero, after Plato. 
 
 Vegno di loco ove tornar disio. Dante. 
 
 Quelque recherche qu'on ait faite, jamais un miracle 
 ne s'est produit la oil il pouvait etre observe et constate. 
 
 Littre. 
 
 Good Friday 
 
 Tene breve et consummatum verbum : dimitte omnia 
 et invenies omnia, relinque cupidinem et reperies 
 requiem. 
 
 Hoc non est opus unius diei nee ludus parvulorum ; 
 immo in hoc brevi includitur omnis perfectio religio- 
 sorum.
 
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 Easter Day 
 
 OLTLves aireda.vop.ev Trj ap.apTLa, ttws eri £r]crop,ev ev 
 avrfj ; ji dyvoeiTe, ort oo~oi efiairTLO'Orjp.ev els Xpiorov, €is 
 tov 6a.va.Tov avrov e/3aTrTLO-6r)p.ev ; 
 
 el o-v/x<f>vToi yeyovap.ev to 6p.0Lwp.aTi tov davdrov avrov, 
 dXXct Kat tt}s dvaoTdcrews eo~6p,e6a. 
 
 Le bien penser est la source du bien ecrire. 
 
 el Kal 6 e^u> rj/xwv av9pw7ros SiacpueipeTai, dXA.' 6 ecroi 
 y)p.wv dvaKatvovrai r\p.epa Kal r)p.epa. 2 Cor . IV. 1 6. 
 
 irepnraTeLTe dittos tou deov tov KaXovvTos vp,as els ttjv 
 eavTOv fiacnXeiav Kal S6£av. I Thess. ii. 1 2. 
 
 What Paul delivered : ttws Set TrepnraTe'iv, Kal apeo-Keiv 
 t<2 oew. 
 
 What Paul exhorted to : els to TrepnraTelv vp.as a£iws 
 tov 6eov tov KaXovvTOS vp.as els tt)v eavTOv /?acriA.eiav Kal 
 86£av. 
 
 6 Se Kvpios KarevOvvai vp.wv tols KapStas els Tr]v dydir'qv 
 tov Beov Kal els tt)v VTro/xovrjv tov X/dicttoi;. 
 
 avros Be 6 Kvpios tt)s elprjvrjs Siotj vplv ttjv elpiqvrjv 8td 
 7ravTos ev iravTi rpoTTw. (Repeated.) 
 
 TravTOTe \aipere, dStaXeiVTWs Trpoo-ev^eo-Oe, ev iravTi 
 eu^ap«rT€tT€ ' tovto yap 6eXrjp.a Oeov ev XpioTw 1-qaov els 
 vixas-
 
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 cnroi €ts Xpioroy iftaTTTLcrdrjTe, X/hcttov iveSvcrucrOe. 
 
 Gal. iii. 27. 
 
 La plus veritable marque d'etre ne avec de grandes 
 qualites, e'est d'etre ne sans envie. La R. 
 
 L'occasion fait le larron, et e'est la provocation 
 surtout qui developpe les instincts vicieux. 
 
 Whit Sunday 
 
 C'est en quelque sorte se donner part aux belles 
 actions que de les louer de bon cceur. La R. 
 
 Peu de gens savent etre vieux. La R. 
 
 Faciles imitandis Turpibus et pravis omnes sumus. 
 
 Nous avons plus de force que de volonte ; et c'est 
 souvent pour nous excuser a nous-memes que nous nous 
 imaginons que les choses sont impossibles. La R. 
 
 Nous n'avons pas assez de force pour suivre toute 
 notre raison. La R. 
 
 II faut entretenir la vigueur du corps, pour con- 
 server celle de l'esprit.
 
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 Pour executer de grandes choses, il faut vivre comme 
 si on ne devait jamais mourir. 
 
 Heureux qui porte en son coeur les lois d'un heureux 
 naturel ! 
 
 La pensee de la mort nous trompe, car elle nous fait 
 oublier de vivre. 
 
 On n'est pas ne pour la gloire, lorsqu'on ne connait 
 pas le prix du temps. 
 
 Buffon says : 
 
 Tout sujet est un • et, quelque vaste qu'il soit, il 
 peut etre renferme dans un seul discours. 
 
 Was die Volker wahrhaft gliicklich macht, das 
 kommt von Zion-Jerusalem. Delitzsch, 37. 
 
 Isaiah's Subject 
 
 Der Sturz der falschen Herrlichkeit Israel's und die 
 durch's Gericht hindurch sich vollziehende Aufrichtung 
 der wahren. 
 
 De meme qu'il y a une fidelite de Dieu envers 
 l'homme a quoi Dieu ne manque jamais, il y a une 
 fidelite de l'homme envers Dieu a quoi nous ne devons 
 jamais manquer. Bourdaloue.
 
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 Luxus das Hauptlaster Juda's unter Uzzia-Jotham 
 war, wie Israel's unter Jeroboam II., wo auch die 
 Strafdrohung die gleiche ist. 
 
 See Is. v. n-17, and Am. vi. 
 
 Israel als Volk ist unverganglich, Kraft gottlicher 
 Verheissung; aber die Masse des Volkes ist dem 
 Untergang bestimmt, Kraft gottlichen Richterspruchs ; 
 und nur ein Rest, der sich bekehrt, wird schliesslich 
 Israel's Volksthumlichkeit fortpflanzen, und die herrliche 
 Zukunft ererben. 
 
 Isaialis Thema 
 
 Dass nur nach dem Sturze der falschen Herrlichkeit 
 Israel's die verheissene wahre sich verwirklichen ; und 
 dass nach Vertilgung der Volksmasse nur ein kleiner 
 Rest diese Verwirklichung erleben wird. 
 
 Oportet te novum induere hominem et in alterum 
 virum mutari. 
 
 Un gouvernement doit etre un moteur de progres, un 
 organe de l'opinion publique, un protecteur de tous les 
 droits legitimes, un initiateur de toutes les energies qui 
 constituent le genie national. Gambetta. 
 
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 n6 Matthew Arnold's Notebooks [1883 
 
 Oportet te saepe agere quod non vis, et quod vis 
 oportet relinquere. 
 
 La subdivision est ce qui perd presque tous les 
 partis, et elle est presque toujours l'effet de cette finesse 
 qui, par son caractere particulier, est opposee a la 
 prudence. De Retz. 
 
 Nulla res tantum ad dicendum proficit quantum 
 scriptio. Cicero. 
 
 Natura cupida est, amat propria et privata, libentius 
 accipit quam donat ; gratia autem pia est et communis, 
 vitat singularia, beatius dare judicat quam accipere. 
 
 The French Republic should be, says Gambetta, 
 ' L'epanouissement de l'elite de l'humanite.' 
 
 Comme au temps de Rabelais, c'est la methode qui 
 resoudra les difficultes ; c'est-a-dire l'art superieure 
 d'enseigner le vrai et de le rendre eclatant, au lieu de 
 multiplier les details pedantesques. Neivspaper. 
 
 Natura de defectu et molestia cito conqueritur. 
 
 Imit.
 
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 La meme egalite qui permet a chaque citoyen de 
 concevoir de vastes esperances rend tous les citoyens 
 individuellement faibles. Tocquevilte. 
 
 A man's thoughts must be going. Whilst he is 
 awake, the working of his mind is as constant as the 
 beating of his pulse. He can no more stop the one 
 than the other. Hence, if our thoughts have nothing 
 to act upon, they act upon themselves. They acquire 
 a corrosive quality ; they become in the last degree 
 irksome and tormenting. Paley. 
 
 Le desir de l'egalite devient toujours plus insatiable a 
 mesure que l'egalite est plus grande. Tocquevilte. 
 
 Flee from evil, and do the thing that is good : and 
 dwell for evermore. Ps. xxxvii. 27. 
 
 Est in animis omnium fere natura molle quiddam, 
 demissum, humile, enervatum quodammodo et langui- 
 dum. Si nihil esset aliud, nihil esset homine deformius. 
 
 Cicero. 
 
 ^Eolica dialectus latinam totam antiquam, quanta est, 
 paucis exceptis formavit. Salmasius.
 
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 Si verum quasrimus, in omnibus officiis persequendis 
 animi est adhibenda contentio. Ea est sola officii 
 tamquam custodia. C. 
 
 Sumus natura, ut ante dixi (dicendum est enim 
 saepius), studiosissimi appetentissimique honestatis. C. 
 
 Omnibus rebus, non solum dolori, simili contentione 
 animi resistendum est. Ira exardescit ; libido con- 
 citatur. In eandem arcem confugiendum est ; eadem 
 sunt arma sumenda. C. 
 
 .... Who overcomes 
 By force, hath overcome but half his foe. 
 
 Milton. 
 
 His old instructor officiously sought opportunities of 
 conference, which the prince, having long considered 
 him as one whose intellects were exhausted, was not 
 very willing to afford. Passelas. 
 
 Dum licet, et spirant flamina, navis eat. Ovid. 
 
 It is a good thing to give thanks unto the Lord. 
 
 Ps. xcii. i.
 
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 O praise the Lord, for it is a good thing to sing 
 praises unto our God ; yea a joyful and pleasant thing it 
 is to be thankful. Ps. cxlvii. 1. 
 
 In the decline of life shame and grief are of short 
 duration. Passe/as. 
 
 Marriage has many pains, but celibacy has no 
 pleasures. Passe/as. 
 
 Paley calls the higher class 'this important, but 
 most incorrigible class of the community.' 
 
 Sins of debauchery have a tendency, which other 
 species of sin have not so directly, to unsettle and 
 weaken the powers of the understanding ; as well as, I 
 think, in a greater degree than other vices, to render the 
 heart thoroughly corrupt. Paley. 
 
 What to Wish for 
 
 A serious, devout, humble, apprehensive mind, 
 anxiously desiring to learn and know the truth, and 
 in order to know it, carefully abstaining from the 
 indulgence of passions, and from practices which harden 
 and indispose the mind against religion. Paley.
 
 120 Matthew Arnold's Notebooks [1883 
 
 Let us not afflict ourselves with our failings ; our 
 perfection consists in opposing them. Bp. Wilson. 
 
 Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and 
 knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful. 
 
 Rasselas. 
 
 To man is permitted the contemplation of the skies, 
 but the practice of virtue is commanded. Rasselas. 
 
 ' The French could not act differently, if they had 
 determined to chill the enthusiastic admiration and 
 sympathy with which the Republic was regarded on 
 this side the Channel.' P. M. G. 
 
 Germany 
 
 'The birth place of the most moral races of men 
 that the world has yet seen, of the soundest laws, the 
 least violent passions, and the fairest domestic and civil 
 virtues.' 
 
 All men have fits and starts of nobleness; the 
 characteristic of heroism is its persistency. Emerson. 
 
 How dear, how soothing to man, arises the idea 
 of God, peopling the lonely place, effacing the scars 
 of our mistakes and disappointments ! Emerson.
 
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 And my soul, be joyful in the Eternal ! it shall 
 rejoice in his salvation. Ps. xxxv. 9. 
 
 The evil of any pleasure we can imagine is not in the 
 act itself but in its consequences. Rasselas. 
 
 Nisi conversi fueritis et efficiamini sicut parvuli, non 
 intrabitis in regnum ccelorum. 
 
 Cleanse that which is within ! the thoughts from 
 within, out of a man's heart, they defile him ! 
 
 He that loveth his life shall lose it ; he that will lose 
 his life shall save it. 
 
 rj TrpaiiT-q'i kol eVict/ceia tov XpiaTov ! 2 Cor. x. I. 
 
 And they shall comfort you, when ye see their ways 
 and their doings. Ezek. xiv. 23. 
 
 yprjyopetTe, (TTrjKeTG iv rrj ttlctt€L, avSpi^eaOe, Kparaiova6e. 
 
 1 Cor. xvi. 13. 
 Taceant carnales et animales homines de Sanctorum 
 statu disserere, qui non norunt nisi privata gaudia diligere. 
 
 Demunt et addunt pro sua inclinatione, non prout 
 placet seternse veritati.
 
 122 Matthew Arnold's Notebooks [1883 
 
 Multi quperunt, quis major sit in regno Dei, qui 
 ignorant, an cum minimis erunt digni computari. 
 
 The hand can never execute anything higher than the 
 character can inspire. Emerson. 
 
 The man is only half himself, the other half is his 
 expressions. Emerson. 
 
 Talent may frolic and juggle ; genius realises and 
 adds. Emerson. 
 
 iv ttclvti e^apicrTetTC ' tovto yap OiXrjfxa Oeov iv Xptorw 
 lyaov €19 vfjias. 
 
 Praise the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his 
 benefits. 
 
 Je alter man wird, je mehr schatzt man Naturgaben, 
 weil sie durch nichts konnen angeschafft werden. G. 
 
 Peribit totum quod non est ex Deo ortum. 
 
 Be steadfast in thy covenant, and be conversant 
 therein, and wax old in thy work. 
 
 Gaudebis vespere, si diem expendas fructuose.
 
 1883] Matthew Arnold's Notebooks 123 
 
 Ce qu'il m'apprit de plus precieux fut de m'habituer 
 a me connaitre moi-meme, et a reflechir sur mes im- 
 pressions. 
 
 Diligentibus Deum omnia cooperantur in bonum. 
 
 Man muss sich immerfort verandern, erneuen, ver- 
 jiingen, urn nicht zu verstocken. G. 
 
 A sound heart is the life of the flesh, but envy the 
 rottenness of the bones. 
 
 Habits are lost by forbearing those acts which are 
 connatural to them and conservative of them. Barrow. 
 
 Eigentlich von der Verkehrtheit des Verhaltens gegen 
 das Gottliche alles Ungliick ausgeht. Ewa/d. 
 
 ocra i(TTiv a\r)6f}, orra cre/xva, ocra StKaui, ocra ayvd, 
 o<ru 7rpoa-(f)iXrj, baa cvcjyrjixa, ravra Xoyi^tcrOt. 
 
 The day-dreamer, says Plato, dpybv koI uAXw? ifrvxyv, 
 en dpyoripav irouu
 
 124 Matthew Arnold's Notebooks [1883 
 
 Evil of Sensuality 
 
 to dKoAaoraiVeiv Sia rotavra iraXat if/eyerai, otl dviVrcu 
 Iv tw Toioirra) to Seivov to y^cya ckcivo «ai 7ro\u€i8es OpifJ.fJLCl 
 iripu tov 8eovTos. Plato. 
 
 Importance of Choice of Studies 
 o vovv e)(0)V Ta p.a6rjpaTa Tipr/ati a aTrepydatTai olvtov T-qv 
 
 XpV^TjV Vbi<ppO(TVVY)V T€ KCU 8lKOUO<TVVJ]V p€TOL (f>pOV7]<reix)S KTW- 
 
 p.€vr]v, Ta Se aAAa aTi/tdVei. Plato. 
 
 Thanhs due 
 u #eos 6 Trapi^uyv rjplv ttolvtu 7t\ov<tlw<; tis a.7roA.auo~ii'. 
 
 L'homme est en ce monde pour profiter de l'ecole de 
 sa destinee et pour travailler a. son salut. 
 
 IV. v. Humboldt. 
 
 Non est regnum Dei in sermone sed in virtute. 
 
 Cum multa legeris et cognoveris, ad unum semper 
 oportet redire principium. 
 
 Wer recht wirken will muss nie schelten, sich um das 
 Verkehrte nicht bekiimmern, sondern nur das Gute 
 immer thun.
 
 1883] Matthew Arnold 's Notebooks 125 
 
 Versuche deine Pflicht zu thun, und du weisst gleich, 
 was an dir ist. Was aber ist deine Pflicht ? 
 
 Die Forderutig des Tages. 
 
 Den einzelnen Verkehrtheiten des Tags sollte man 
 immer nur grosse weltgeschichtliche Massen entgegen- 
 setzen. Goethe. 
 
 Seek ye the Eternal while he may be found ! call ye 
 upon him while he is near ! 
 
 Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous 
 man his thoughts, and let him return unto the Eternal, and 
 He will have mercy upon him, and to our God, and He 
 will abundantly pardon. 
 
 For the mountains shall depart, and the hills be 
 removed ; but my kindness shall not depart from thee, 
 neither shall the covenant of my peace be removed, 
 saith the Eternal that hath mercy upon thee. 
 
 Isaiah of Baby ton. 
 
 Zu Helle ! 
 Als ich 18 war, war Deutschland auch erst 18, da 
 liess sich noch etwas machen. Aber ich danke dem 
 Himmel, dass ich jetzt, in dieser durchaus gemachten
 
 126 Matthew Arnold's Notebooks [1883 
 
 Zeit, nicht jung bin. Ich wiirde nicht zu bleiben wissen. 
 Ja selbst vvenn ich nach Amerika fliichten wollte, ich 
 kame zu spat, derm auch dort ware es schon zu helle. 
 
 Goethe. 
 Seven Beatitudes 
 
 Ma.Ka.pioi 01 ivrw^OL ru 7rvevp.ari, otl avrwi' iariv rj 
 /JacriXeta twv ovpavwv. 
 
 fjiaKapioi ol irevOovvres, otl avrol 7r« paKXyBr/o-ovTai. 
 
 p.(tK(xpLOi 01 7rpa€ts, oti avrol K\rjpoi'op,r)0~ov<Tiv rrjv yfjv. 
 
 /xaKapioi ol 7retvaivTe5 koI cuf/wvres rrjv StKaioo'vvrjv, on 
 avrol xopTao~0rjo~ovTaL. 
 
 p.aKapi0L ol cAcry/xoi'65, otl avrol eXerjOrjcrovTai. 
 
 fiaxapioi ol KaOapol rrj /capSta, on avrol rbv #eov oxpovrai. 
 
 p.aKapL0L ol eip-qvoiroiOL, on avrol viol 6tov K\y]drjo-ovrai, 
 
 List of Books to take to America 
 
 Odyssey. Diable au Champ. 
 
 „ Lang and Butcher. Emerson, 3 vols. 
 
 Horace. Franklin. 
 
 Orator. Sartor Resartus. 
 
 Gr. Test. Carlyle and Emerson — 
 Prayer Book. Corresp. 
 
 Goethe, Gedichte. Morison's Macaulay. 
 
 Gil Bias, i. ii. Traill's Sterne. 
 
 Illusions perdues. Vinet, Discours.
 
 1883] Matthew Arnold's Notebooks 127 
 
 1888 
 Ecce labora et noli contristari ! 
 
 Das Hervorbringen selbst ein Vergniigen und sein 
 eigener Lohn ist. 
 
 Be steadfast in thy covenant, and be conversant 
 therein, and wax old in thy work. 
 
 Pour executer de grandes choses, ilfaut vivre com me 
 si on ne devait jamais mourir. 
 
 Tout ce qui multiplie les nceuds qui attachent 
 l'homme a l'homme le rend meilleur et plus heureux. 
 
 La politesse est le lien de toute societe, et il n'y en a 
 aucune qui puisse durer sans elle. 
 
 Une ame belle trouve une charme secret a satisfaire 
 son genie bienfaisant et accessible.
 
 128 Matthew Arnold's Notebooks [1888 
 
 Rien ne s'arrangera plus dans ce monde que par la 
 raison et l'equite, la patience, le savoir, le devouement et 
 la modestie. 
 
 Cum multa legeris et cognoveris, ad unum semper 
 oportet redire principium. 
 
 Im engen Kreis verenget sich der Sinn. 
 
 Se il mondo biasima qualche nostra istituto o anda- 
 mento, buono o cattivo, a noi non bisogna altro che 
 perseverare. Quanto piu fermi ed imperturbati ci 
 mostreremo noi nel seguitar oltre, disprezzando le voci, 
 tanto piu presto cio, che fu condannato in principio, o 
 che parve strano, sara. tenuto per ragionevole e per 
 regolare ; perche il mondo, il quale non crede mai che 
 chi non cede abbia il torto, condanna alia fine se, ed 
 assolve noi. 
 
 Chilone ordinava che l'uomo forte di corpo, fosse dolce 
 di modi, a fine, diceva, d'ispirare agli altri piu riverenza 
 che timore. Non e mai soverchia l'affabilita, la soavita 
 de' modi, e quasi 1' umilta in quelli che di bellezza, o 
 d' ingegno, o d'altra cosa molto desiderata nel mondo, 
 sono manifestamente superiori alia generality ; perche
 
 1888] Matthew Arnold's Notebooks 129 
 
 troppo grave e la colpa della quale hanno a impetrar 
 perdono, e troppo fiero e difficile e il nemico che hanno 
 a placare — 1' invidia. Hanno a espiare il peccato appena 
 espiabile della felicita o dell' eccellenza. 
 
 Dans cette vie, disait Cassiodore, le devoir et le 
 pouvoir sont deux choses inseparables, et la mesure de 
 ce que nous devons est toujours ce que nous sommes et 
 ce que nous pouvons. 
 
 Das Schaudern ist der Menschheit bestes Theil. 
 
 La profonde science et l'execution lente et savante de 
 Titien. 
 
 II a un esprit pose et des paroles mesures ; cela est 
 d'un grand poids. 
 
 La souveraine habilete consiste a bien connaitre le 
 prix des choses. 
 
 Resiste in principio inclinationi ture, et malam 
 dedisce consuetudinem. 
 
 K
 
 130 Matthew Arnold's Notebooks [1888 
 
 Incipe perfecte te vincere et viriliter in via Dei 
 ambulare. Tunc minus ea reputabis qure tibi prius 
 gravia esse sentiebas. /. (Repeated.) 
 
 Le jour augmente par degres dans l'horizon de l'ame 
 comme dans l'horizon terrestre. 
 
 O religion de Jesus-Christ ! 6 culte en esprit ! 6 
 paisible et silencieux asile des ames ! 
 
 Mane nobiscum, Domine, quoniam advesperascit. 
 
 Toute la prudence de l'homme se reduit a deux 
 chefs : a s'avancer dans la perfection de son etat, et a 
 eviter toute autre perfection ou contraire a celle-ci, ou 
 qui en empeche l'exercice. Bourdaloue. 
 
 Al lungo andare non piace e non e fortunata nel 
 commercio degli uomini se non 1' allegria. Leopardi. 
 
 Enfin apres quelques postes, je me laissai aller a la 
 beaute du jour. B. de Saint-Pierre. 
 
 From the morning until the evening the time is 
 changed, and all things are soon done before the 
 Eternal. Ecclus.
 
 i888] Matthew Arnold's Notebooks. 131 
 
 Cui sapiunt omnia, prout sunt, hie vere sapiens est 
 
 Imit. 
 
 Homo interims cito se recolligit, quia nunquam se 
 totum ad exteriora effundit. 
 
 Ideo multa tibi displicent et saspe conturbant, quia 
 adhuc non es perfecte tibi ipsi mortuus. 
 
 Non jam mater alit tellus, viresque ministrat. 
 
 Ne vetus indigenas nomen mutare Latinos, 
 Neu Troas fieri jubeas, Teucrosque vocari, 
 Aut vocem mutare viros, aut vertere vestes. 
 
 Let the counsel of thine own heart stand ; for there 
 is no man more faithful unto thee than it. 
 
 Ecdus. xxxvii. 13. 
 
 Prove thy soul in thy life, and see what is evil for it, 
 and give not that unto it. lb. 27. 
 
 Easter Sunday 
 
 Toute faculte inoccupee devient un principe de 
 malaise.
 
 132 Matthew Arnold's Notebooks [1888 
 
 Mais ce malaise nous avertit quelquefois trop tard, 
 quand nous avons manque pour toujours l'occasion de 
 vivre notre veritable vie. P. B. 
 
 Sunday, April 15 {the day of his death) 
 Weep bitterly over the dead, as he is worthy, and 
 then comfort thyself ; drive heaviness away : thou shalt 
 not do him good, but hurt thyself. 
 
 Sunday, April 22. 
 When the dead is at rest, let his remembrance rest ; 
 and be comforted for him when his spirit is departed 
 from him. Ecclus. xxxviii.
 
 1888] Mattheiv Arnold's Notebooks 133 
 
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 Greek 
 Nov. Test. Sec. iii. Cyclops. 
 
 Iliad iv.-vi. Anthology.* 
 
 Odyssey x.-xii. Nubes. 
 
 Philoctetes. Plato, Politicus. 
 
 Prometheus Vinctus. Aristotle, Politics, i.-iii. 
 
 Alcestis. Argonautica. 
 
 XII airoaroXoL — Sabatier. 
 
 Latin 
 
 Virgil, Mn. x-xii.* Cicero, De Oratore, iii. 
 
 Horace, Odes iv. and Ars Regula S. Bernard!. 
 
 Poetica. Imitatio, ii.* 
 
 Lucan, Pharsalia. 
 
 Italian 
 
 Leopardi, Pensieri, 61 to end.* 
 
 ,, F. Ottonieri. 
 
 ,, Tasso. 
 
 „ Gemisto Pletone. 
 Petrarch, Canzoni and Sonnets in vol. i. 
 
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 German 
 
 Ewald, Baruch and Daniel. 
 Goethe, Faust, ist edition. 
 
 „ Gedichte, 406. 
 Goethe and Schiller, Letters, i. and ii. 
 Rahel, i. 
 Heine, Gedichte, i. 
 
 French 
 
 Mine, de Sevigne, vol v. 
 
 Ste-Beuve, Causeries, vol. vii. 
 
 G. Sand, Correspondence, vols. v. and vi. 
 
 Andre Chenier, Poesies. 
 
 Musset, Poesies. 
 
 Bourget, Aveux. 
 
 „ L'Irreparable.* 
 Thierry, Recits Merovingiens. 
 Balzac, Cousine Bette. 
 Stendhal. Le Rouge et le Noir. 
 Montaigne, vol. i. 
 La Bruyere, vol. i.* 
 
 Madame de Stael, Suicide, Rousseau, etc.* 
 Neraud, Lecon de Botanique. 
 
 * Struck out as read.
 
 1888] Matthew Arnold's Notebooks 135 
 
 Voltaire, vol. lvi. 
 
 „ Lettres sur les Anglais. 
 
 „ Mahomet. 
 Vauvenargues. 
 Bossuet, Oraisons Funebres. 
 Nicole.* 
 
 Bourdaloue, Opuscules.* 
 Tourguenief, Eaux printanieres. 
 
 ,, Fumee. 
 
 Regnard, Folies Amoureuses. 
 Moliere. 
 
 Mallet du Pan, i. 
 Scherer. Grimm. 
 
 Paul Bert, Premiere Annee Scientifique. 
 Caro. G. Sand. 
 
 English 
 
 Bible. Job. Proverbs. Ecclesiastes. 
 ,, Baruch,* Daniel, Ecclesiasticus.* 
 „ Twelve Minor Prophets. 
 John Smith, Excellency of Religion. 
 Spenser, Faery Queen, II. viii.-xii. 
 
 Shakespeare, Timon of Athens ; Anthony and 
 Cleopatra ; Sonnets. 
 
 * Struck out as read.
 
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 Ben Jonson. The Fox ; Every Man in his Humour. 
 
 ,, Sad Shepherd. 
 
 „ Life by Giffard. 
 
 Pope, Uunciad. 
 Shelley's Poems. 
 Milton, Par. Lost, x.-xii. 
 Wordsworth, Prelude, xii. to end.* 
 Chaucer, Parson's Tale ; Dream. 
 Swift, Letters, i. and ii. 
 Tristram Shandy, vol. i. 
 Greville. 
 Carlyle's Early Letters, vol. ii. 
 
 ,, Cromwell. 
 Walpole's Letters, iii., 250 to end, and iv. 
 Rossetti's Poems. 
 Hardy, Hand of Ethelberta. 
 Cooper, Pioneer.* 
 Bremer, The Home. 
 Carlen, Rose of Tistelon. 
 Pinkerton's Marlowe. 
 Fitzgibbon's Early English Poetry. 
 Lubein, German Literature. 
 Citizen Reader. 
 
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 1888] MattJieiv Arnold's Notebooks 137 
 
 H. O. Miiller, Lit. of Greece, i.-ix., and xxviii. 
 
 Coleridge, Course of Lectures. 
 
 Keats, Lamia ; Isabella ; Eve of St. Agnes. 
 
 Cooper, Spy.* 
 
 Robert Elsmere. * 
 
 Nov. Test. Sect. Hi. 
 
 Luke.* 
 
 1 Peter. 
 
 
 Acts. 
 
 1 Ep. of John, 
 
 i. and iv. from verse 7 
 
 Corinthians. 
 
 2 Peter. 
 
 
 James. 
 
 Jude. • 
 
 
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