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Title: Some considerations on the civilization of the Nineteenth Century
Authors: Lilly, William Samuel
Keywords: Civilization
Social sciences -- History -- 19th century
Christian civilization
Christianity
Reformation
Montaigne, Michel de, 1533-1592
Voltaire, 1694-1778
France -- History -- Revolution, 1789-1799
Issue Date: 1876
Publisher: Manresa Press
Citation: Lilly, W. (1876). Some considerations on the civilization of the Nineteenth Century. Melitensia Miscellanea Collection (Melit-Misc. vol. 73.7). University of Malta Library, Melitensia Special Collections.
Abstract: [Excerpt] I SUPPOSE, if there is one sentiment more than another of which we may, without hesitation, affirm that it is deeply rooted in the popular mind, it is the notion of the surpassing excellence of the times in which we live. Of course this kind of self-complacency is no new thing in the world. The boast that we are "much better than our fathers" is as old as Homer, and probably much older. But in these days it has risen to the dignity of a serious conviction, and forms the most noticeable item in the popular credenda. "A fervent belief that we have progressed, are progressing, and must progress, not only in things material, but in the excellence of our political arrangements, and in what is called (with an ever-varying definition) pure religion, is an article of faith which all who aspire to popular favour must surely believe, or at all events profess."
Description: Reprinted from the"Month and Catholic Review" of June, 1876.
URI: https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/126211
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