Impressions of Theophrastus Such
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IMPRESSIONS OF THEOPHRASTUS SUCH
GEORGE ELIOT
Second Edition
William Blackwood and Sons
Edinburgh and London
MDCCCLXXIX
"Suspicione si quis errabit sua,
Et rapiet ad se, quod erit commune omnium,
Stulte nudabit animi conscientiam
Huic excusatum me velim nihilominus
Neque enim notare singulos mens est mihi,
Verum ipsam vitam et mores hominum ostendere"
-Phaedrus
[edit] Contents
- Chapter I: LOOKING INWARD
- Chapter II: LOOKING BACKWARD
- Chapter III: HOW WE ENCOURAGE RESEARCH
- Chapter IV: A MAN SURPRISED AT HIS ORIGINALITY
- Chapter V: A TOO DEFERENTIAL MAN
- Chapter VI: ONLY TEMPER
- Chapter VII: A POLITICAL MOLECULE
- Chapter VIII: THE WATCH-DOG OF KNOWLEDGE
- Chapter IX: A HALF-BREED
- Chapter X: DEBASING THE MORAL CURRENCY
- Chapter XI: THE WASP CREDITED WITH THE HONEYCOMB
- Chapter XII: "SO YOUNG!"
- Chapter XIII: HOW WE COME TO GIVE OURSELVES FALSE TESTIMONIALS, AND BELIEVE IN THEM
- Chapter XIV: THE TOO READY WRITER
- Chapter XV: DISEASES OF SMALL AUTHORSHIP
- Chapter XVI: MORAL SWINDLERS
- Chapter XVII: SHADOWS OF THE COMING RACE
- Chapter XVIII: THE MODERN HEP! HEP! HEP!
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