Matthew Arnold Quotes
All knowledge is interesting to a wise man, and the knowledge of nature is interesting to all men.
Citations
Arnold, Matthew. Discourses in America. Macmillan and Co., 1885, p. 90.
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Matthew Arnold was an English poet and cultural critic who worked as an inspector of schools. He was the son of Thomas Arnold, the celebrated headmaster of Rugby School, and brother to both Tom Arnold, literary professor, and William Delafield Arnold, novelist and colonial administrator. Matthew Arnold has been characterised as a sage writer, a type of writer who chastises and instructs the reader on contemporary social issues. He was also an inspector of schools for thirty-five years, and supported the concept of state-regulated secondary education.