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Lafcadio Hearn Quotes

Japanese - Author | June 27, 1850 - September 26, 1904

Contemporary literature in the West has shown some signs of ethical change.

Change Literature Signs Ethical West

But what is after all the happiness of mere power? There is a greater happiness possible than to be lord of heaven and earth; that is the happiness of being truly loved.

Happiness Power Loved Heaven Earth

But the history of the changes produced by a universal idea is not a history of changes in the individual, but of changes brought about by the successive efforts of millions of individuals in the course of many generations.

History Changes Individual Universal

Broad tolerance in the matter of beliefs is necessarily a part of the new ethics.

Ethics Tolerance New Matter Beliefs

At last, in 1611, was made, under the auspices of King James, the famous King James version; and this is the great literary monument of the English language.

Great King Language Famous English

As a result, the highly civilized man can endure incomparably more than the savage, whether of moral or physical strain. Being better able to control himself under all circumstances, he has a great advantage over the savage.

Great Man Control Better Result

Any idealism is a proper subject for art.

Art Idealism Proper Subject Any

Accordingly the Northern races of Europe found their inspiration in the Bible; and the enthusiasm for it has not yet quite faded away.

Bible Enthusiasm Inspiration Europe

A proof of really great art is that it is generally true - it seldom falls into the misapprehensions to which minor art is liable.

Great Art True Proof Great Art

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