• 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.

  Matthew Arnold
  British critic and poet 1822-1888
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Subjects in these quotes:

1. expansion
2. instinct
3. himself
4. upright
5. liberty
6. simply

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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. by : Matthew Arnold

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