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Quote by Goldwin Smith
The novelist must look on humanity without partiality or prejudice

The novelist must look on humanity without partiality or prejudice. His sympathy, like that of the historian, must be unbounded, and untainted by sect or party. – Goldwin Smith

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As to London we must console ourselves with the thought that if life outside is less poetic than it was in the days of old, inwardly its poetry is much deeper. – Goldwin Smith

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Poetry
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Goldwin Smith
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Every one who has a heart, however ignorant of architecture he may be, feels the transcendent beauty and poetry of the mediaeval churches. – Goldwin Smith

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architecture
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Goldwin Smith
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Yet for my part, deeply as I am moved by the religious architecture of the Middle Ages, I cannot honestly say that I ever felt the slightest emotion in any modern Gothic church. – Goldwin Smith

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architecture
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To all those who have suffered as a consequence of our troubled past I extend my sincere thoughts and deep sympathy. With the benefit of historical hindsight we can all see things which we would wish had been done differently or not at all. – Queen Elizabeth II

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Sympathy

Any relations in a social order will endure, if there is infused into them some of that spirit of human sympathy which qualifies life for immortality. – George William Russell

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Sympathy

Teetotallers lack the sympathy and generosity of men that drink. – W. H. Davies

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Sympathy

Theres a certain amount of sympathy here for the Bush administrations problem, which is they would like to get rid of Saddam Hussein and they would like to have the Kurds autonomous. – Les Aspin

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Sympathy

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But I am not political in the current events sense, and I have never wanted anyone to read my poetry that way. – Diane Wakoski

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Men can have a huge turnover of sponsorship and still survive a lot better than the women. But the womens ratings are better, at least at home in the United States than in the mens tennis. – Billie Jean King

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Love your neighbor, yet pull not down your hedge. – English Proverb

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For man is not the creature and product of Mechanism; but, in a far truer sense, its creator and producer. – Thomas Carlyle

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