This book‟s preface ends with a French quotation attributed to "a Master" but actually invented by the author that translates as "I impose nothing; I propose nothing; I expose."
This book‟s preface ends with a French quotation attributed to "a Master" but actually invented by the author that translates as "I impose nothing; I propose nothing; I expose." Its preface also laments that England has had "no Fontenelles and Condorcets" and asserts that that "the history of" a certain time period "will never be written" because "we know too much about it." A character in this book is bedeviled by "the pernicious influences of official etiquette" while attempting to reform the facilities at Scutari. The final section of this book describes its subject‟s "mystic feeling" upon encountering a slaver named Zobeir and blamed its subject‟s fate in parton clashes with Sir Evelyn Baring. Its third section attacks its subject for his fixation on classics in lieu of hard sciences while headmaster of the Rugby School. For 10 points, name this quadruple biography of Cardinal Manning, Florence Nightingale, Thomas Arnold, and "Chinese" Gordon, written by Bloomsbury Group member Lytton Strachey.
This book‟s preface ends with a French quotation attributed to "a Master" but actually invented by the author that translates as "I impose nothing; I propose nothing; I expose."
Eminent Victorians