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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 |
Appears in Collections: | Miscellania : volume 073 - A&SCMisc |
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