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Ethical Addresses
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MY subject this evening will be Ethics and Culture. The meaning of the former of these terms is sufficiently clear; that of the latter is uncertain. I shall endeavor to bring its proper meaning to light and to Show its decisive bearing on the whole conduct of life. The marks of cul ture as commonly understood are literary taste, aesthetic sensibility, and fine manners. One who is famil iar with the best literature, displays a discriminating appreciation of the products of art, and uses with ease and ?uency the forms and phrases of polite society, is said to be cultured. And since these accomplishments in their ensemble reach their fairest development in an at mosphere of leisure, and since leisure is, as a rule, the privilege of the wealthy, a very intimate connection has thus been established in the popular mind between wealth and culture; so intimate, indeed, that, judging from the way the two words are used together, one might be led to suppose that culture cannot exist without wealth. The rich, those favored children of fortune, enjoy a certain external luxury, as fine houses, fine furniture, fine equip ages, fine apparel. They are also able to indulge in a cer tain intellectual and aesthetic luxury, in fine art, fine liter.
MY subject this evening will be Ethics and Culture. The meaning of the former of these terms is sufficiently clear; that of the latter is uncertain. I shall endeavor to bring its proper meaning to light and to Show its decisive bearing on the whole conduct of life. The marks of cul ture as commonly understood are literary taste, aesthetic sensibility, and fine manners. One who is famil iar with the best literature, displays a discriminating appreciation of the products of art, and uses with ease and ?uency the forms and phrases of polite society, is said to be cultured. And since these accomplishments in their ensemble reach their fairest development in an at mosphere of leisure, and since leisure is, as a rule, the privilege of the wealthy, a very intimate connection has thus been established in the popular mind between wealth and culture; so intimate, indeed, that, judging from the way the two words are used together, one might be led to suppose that culture cannot exist without wealth. The rich, those favored children of fortune, enjoy a certain external luxury, as fine houses, fine furniture, fine equip ages, fine apparel. They are also able to indulge in a cer tain intellectual and aesthetic luxury, in fine art, fine liter.
215 pages, Paperback
Published January 1, 2024
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