George Long (scholar) vs. William Hazlitt
Side-by-side comparison of two thinkers
George Long (scholar)
1800 – 1879
George Long was an English writer and classical scholar. He is best known for his books Meditations of Marcus Aurelius (1862) and Discourses of Epictetus (1877). Alongside Charles Knight, he was the editor of the Penny Cyclopaedia, and he was widely known throughout England.
"Out of... average boys, if they are well brought up, come some of the most useful men to society, and sometimes great men; for the apparent dulness or slowness …"
William Hazlitt
1778 – 1830
William Hazlitt was an English essayist, drama and literary critic, painter, social commentator, and philosopher. He is now considered one of the greatest critics and essayists in the history of the English language, placed in the company of Samuel Johnson and George Orwell. He is also acknowledged as the finest art critic of his age.
"We all wear some disguise — make some professions — use some artifice to set ourselves off as being better than we are; and yet it is not denied that we have so…"
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