7 Quotes & Sayings By Goldwin Smith

Goldwin Smith (1823-1912), was an American lawyer, who became a professor at Columbia College in 1856. Smith was one of the most prominent advocates for the admission of women into Harvard College, and in 1875 he became the first woman to receive an honorary degree from the university. He was also the first president of the American Political Science Association.

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The father of confederation is deadlock. Goldwin Smith
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Ottawa - a sub-arctic lumber-village converted by royal mandate into a political cockpit. Goldwin Smith
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'Rich by nature poor by policy' might be written over Canada's door. Goldwin Smith
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Every one who has a heart, however ignorant of architecture he may be, feels the transcendent beauty and poetry of the mediaeval churches. Goldwin Smith
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Yet for my part, deeply as I am moved by the religious architecture of the Middle Ages, I cannot honestly say that I ever felt the slightest emotion in any modern Gothic church. Goldwin Smith
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The novelist must look on humanity without partiality or prejudice. His sympathy, like that of the historian, must be unbounded, and untainted by sect or party. Goldwin Smith