Selections from the Prose Works of Matthew Arnold
Riverside College Classics SELECTIONS FROM THE PROSE WORKS OF MATTHEW ARNOLD _EDITED WITH INTRODUCTION AND NOTES_ BY WILLIAM SAVAGE JOHNSON, PH.D. _Professor of English Literature in the University of Kansas_ HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY BOSTON NEW YORK CHICAGO SAN FRANCISCO The Riverside Press Cambridge
WITH A PREFACE BY
LENA ASHWELL
LONDON
SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING
CHRISTIAN KNOWLEDGE
NEW YORK: THE MACMILLAN COMPANY
1920
_Great souls who sailed uncharted seas,
Battling with hostile winds and tide,
Strong hands that forged forbidden keys,
And left the door behind them, wide_.
_Diggers for gold where most had failed,
Smiling at deeds that brought them Fame,--
Lighters of Lamps that have not failed,--
Lend us your oil and share your flame._
Riverside College Classics SELECTIONS FROM THE PROSE WORKS OF MATTHEW ARNOLD _EDITED WITH INTRODUCTION AND NOTES_ BY WILLIAM SAVAGE JOHNSON, PH.D. _Professor of English Literature in the University of Kansas_ HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY BOSTON NEW YORK CHICAGO SAN FRANCISCO The Riverside Press Cambridge