Quote by: Matthew Arnold

The need of expansion is as genuine an instinct in man as the need in a plant for the light, or the need in man himself for going upright. The love of liberty is simply the instinct in man for expansion.


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Author Bio


  • NameMatthew Arnold
  • DescriptionEnglish poet and cultural critic who worked as an inspector of schools
  • BornDecember 24, 1822
  • DiedApril 15, 1888
  • CountryUnited Kingdom
  • ProfessionPoet; Writer
  • WorksThe Scholar-Gypsy; Thyrsis; Dover Beach; Tristram And Iseult; To Marguerite: Continued; Sohrab And Rustum; Balder Dead; On Translating Homer; Culture And Anarchy