“Violence
is admired and, above all, insolence and pride. But it is our baseness to
admire anything evil. It seems to me we should in everything side with virtue,
even if we do not feel its charm." —English Jesuit and poet Gerard Manley
Hopkins (1844-1889), letter to English poet-critic Coventry Patmore, Sept. 12, 1883, in A Hopkins Reader, selected by John Pick (1953)Sunday, October 8, 2017
Quote of the Day (Gerard Manley Hopkins, on Violence, Insolence and Pride)
“Violence
is admired and, above all, insolence and pride. But it is our baseness to
admire anything evil. It seems to me we should in everything side with virtue,
even if we do not feel its charm." —English Jesuit and poet Gerard Manley
Hopkins (1844-1889), letter to English poet-critic Coventry Patmore, Sept. 12, 1883, in A Hopkins Reader, selected by John Pick (1953)
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