Excerpt from The Works and Life of Walter Bagehot, Vol. 1 of 9 These, his own words, describe the school of thinkers to which Bagehot himself belonged - the school of Plato, Butler and Kant. The work that had fallen to him in life, owing to family circumstances, and also as that which satisfied the impulse to busy ourselves with the affairs of men-an impulse very strongly possessed by Bagehot - was not of a nature to disclose to the outer world the essential and most important characteristics of his nature. But from his ...
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Excerpt from The Works and Life of Walter Bagehot, Vol. 1 of 9 These, his own words, describe the school of thinkers to which Bagehot himself belonged - the school of Plato, Butler and Kant. The work that had fallen to him in life, owing to family circumstances, and also as that which satisfied the impulse to busy ourselves with the affairs of men-an impulse very strongly possessed by Bagehot - was not of a nature to disclose to the outer world the essential and most important characteristics of his nature. But from his writings these can be traced, more especially when his writings are taken as a whole. Through these, whatever might be the subject on which he wrote, runs the same con necting link, one which in these days it is especially important to discern. The light of his intellect was not dry light, unsteeped in the humours of the affec tions, but was that light which practically makes/the conscience the ultimate basis of all certainty, the true wisdom which looks unto the Rock whence ye are hewn, and to the hole whence ye are digged. The original intention in arranging Walter Bagehot's works in this uniform edition was to place the writings in chronological order. It was not, however, found possible to carry out this intention in every instance. Eight volumes of the works had already been printed before it was contemplated that a life of Walter Bagehot should be written as a precursor to the issue of this edition.1 While collecting material for this life, I came across several articles which had never been reprinted. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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