Three lectures Arnold gave during his American tour of 1883–84. In the first, on numbers, he argues that only a righteous remnant can save a democratic majority from itself; in the second, he defends literary education against the claims of science; in the third, delivered in Boston, he weighs Emerson’s place as poet and thinker.
Arnold at his most direct, still provocative on education, culture and the health of democracy. Download the free EPUB.