One chapter contrasts two spiritual disciplines, the Hellenic and the Hebraic, while the first chapter insists that the pursuit of perfection is the pursuit of sweetness and light.  
In this work's preface, the author laments that people no longer read Bishop Wilson's Maxims of Piety and Christianity, and agrees with Michelet that the Imitation of Christ could not have been written by an Englishman.  In this work's conclusion, the author notes that Pericles may have been the most perfect public speaker who ever lived, but prefers the "disinterested play of consciousness" exhibited by Socrates.  One chapter takes its title from Luke 10:42, announcing that "But one thing is needful," while other consider "Our Liberal Practitioners" and the notion of "Doing as One Likes."  One chapter contrasts two spiritual disciplines, the Hellenic and the Hebraic, while the first chapter insists that the pursuit of perfection is the pursuit of sweetness and light.  FTP, name this "essay in political and social criticism," an 1869 work by Matthew Arnold.
In this work's preface, the author laments that people no longer read Bishop Wilson's Maxims of Piety and Christianity, and agrees with Michelet that the Imitation of Christ could not have been written by an Englishman.  
Culture and Anarchy