| 单词 | golden mean |
| 例句 | Mr. Dunwoody showed us how to find the golden mean using proportions and a ruler, but none of us really got it, not even Clive Pike. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z I’d rather choose the golden mean, which isn’t so golden, and keep my thoughts to myself. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z He’d used an artist’s technique called “the golden mean” to divide the picture into imaginary thirds both vertically and horizontally, like a tic-tac-toe board. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z It is the job of your real-estate agent, of course, to find the golden mean. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z In this way, the virtuous action will be the golden mean, neither too much nor too little. Introduction to Philosophy 2022-06-15T00:00:00Z And yet, she still recommends Aristotle's "golden mean," which she summarizes as "the right emotion or the right action for the right context in the right amount." The problem with positive psychology: When the pursuit of happiness regresses into toxic positivity 2022-04-23T04:00:00Z Spago today lands squarely in the golden mean of upscale dining: modern but not exactly modernist; elegant but not stuffy; stimulating but rarely thrilling. Spago at middle age: Is Wolfgang Puck’s flagship restaurant still relevant? 2019-06-27T04:00:00Z Yet between rules that are too rigid and no effective rules at all, there is a golden mean. There will be no end to fiscal chaos without better budget rules 2019-03-19T04:00:00Z The result was a fresh argument for a form of pest control — a golden mean of organic and industrial. Slugging it out with a new contender in the GMO debate 2017-06-26T04:00:00Z By aiming for the golden mean, I probably land near the best approximation of truth more often than if I were guided by any other set of compasses – partisan, ideological, psychological, whatever ... Newspapers shouldn't apologize for telling the truth about Donald Trump | Jay Rosen 2016-11-01T04:00:00Z He said it was “anything but radical, within the golden mean of what academic journals do.” Does Huma Abedin have ‘ties’ to the Muslim Brotherhood? 2016-08-25T04:00:00Z Others hope to strike a golden mean between full ripeness and not so much. Roussanne, a Rhône Valley white wine that's both maddening and majestic 2016-07-01T04:00:00Z A less famous but still practical rule of composition is referred to as golden mean. Compelling Compositions: Do Photography Masters Follow Rules? 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z The first is my mother, a retired registered dietitian who raised me to believe in the golden mean. Why I Won’t Be Binge-Watching Anything This Season 0002-11-29T05:00:00Z To call-over effectively is to find a golden mean between geography and geometry. The Knowledge, London's Legendary Taxi-Driver Test, Puts Up a Fight in the Age of GPS 2014-11-10T05:00:00Z It is as if there is some golden mean whereby we help Ukraine in denying Russia its most prized objective without upsetting Russia! Times Report Casts Shame on Obama's Handling of Ukraine Crisis 2014-07-27T04:00:00Z But does human creativity also conform to the golden mean? Do Painters Peak at the Golden Mean? 2013-12-15T22:45:00.525Z He also believes that markets are governed by waves that crest and fall based on a series of numbers called the Fibonacci sequence and the closely related golden mean, or golden ratio. The math of God: Market predictor Tom DeMark has some big names among the faithful 2012-11-25T01:14:00Z A “golden mean” is therefore to be sought in training the girl in the use of money. Farm Boys and Girls 2012-04-21T02:00:21.733Z There lie the springs of Sainte-Beuve's critical art,—his treatment of literature as a function of social life, and his search in all things for the golden mean. Shelburne Essays, Third Series 2012-04-16T02:00:02.027Z There is a golden mean in the art, which it should be every body’s object to attain, without descending to obsequiousness on the one hand, or to familiarity on the other. The Gentlemen's Book of Etiquette and Manual of Politeness Being a Complete Guide for a Gentleman's Conduct in all his Relations Towards Society 2012-03-30T02:00:17.867Z Can we not then keep the golden mean between negation, which denies all, and credulity, which accepts all? Mysterious Psychic Forces An Account of the Author's Investigations in Psychical Research, Together with Those of Other European Savants 2012-03-28T02:00:29.747Z The fact is that Blackie is a philosopher, who follows the golden mean. An Edinburgh Eleven Pencil Portraits from College Life 2012-03-21T02:00:30.747Z Hence it is, doubtless, well to adopt the golden mean in regard to every important step in life. The American Gentleman's Guide to Politeness and Fashion or, Familiar Letters to his Nephews 2012-03-01T03:00:22.883Z "Well, I shall try to strike the golden mean." A Romance of Wastdale 2012-02-01T03:00:11.227Z The moment its advocates depart from this, they must either, to be consistent with themselves, verge over into the other extreme of Pelagianism, or strike off into the “golden mean” of Arminianism. Calvinistic Controversy Embracing a Sermon on Predestination and Election and Several Numbers, Formally Published in the Christian Advocate and Journal. 2011-12-08T03:00:27.177Z They could obtain lodgment that was too dear, and lodgment that was too cheap; but they could not hit the golden mean of adaptability which would combine delectable quarters with moderate rates. An Ambitious Woman A Novel 2011-11-23T03:00:54.137Z A philosopher who follows the golden mean is thus a man who runs zig-zag between two extremes. An Edinburgh Eleven Pencil Portraits from College Life 2012-03-21T02:00:30.747Z The mind irresistibly affirms, that between these opposite imperfections, there is a golden mean, at which the proportion shall be perfect. Know the Truth; A critique of the Hamiltonian Theory of Limitation 2011-10-29T02:00:13.723Z Mr Perkins observes that the present tomb preserves the golden mean in point of ornament between the other two. The Story of Florence 2011-10-20T02:00:24.237Z They seem to illustrate the "golden mean" which Horace recommends, and I find that it is always pleasant to reach such places and hard to leave them. Ocean to Ocean on Horseback Being the Story of a Tour in the Saddle from the Atlantic to the Pacific; with Especial Reference to the Early History and Devel 2011-10-06T02:00:32.743Z Between the two lies the golden mean of power with charity, of enlightened individualism, of Christian principles, not applied on the surface, but embodied in the very structure of civilization. The Builders 2011-09-19T02:00:09.067Z In cardiology, apixaban may be the golden mean of anticoagulation, achieving the ideal balance of reduced strokes and deaths without causing any additional bleeding complications. Pfizer and Bristol's ARISTOTLE Study Finds the Golden Mean of Anticoagulation 2011-08-28T06:08:56Z Before the golden mean was found, however, Meg added to her domestic possessions what young couples seldom get on long without,—a family jar. Little Women or Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy 2011-08-18T02:00:21.810Z Economy lies between the two, and it is one of the virtues upon which Aristotle has most successfully established his theory of the golden mean. Elements of Morals With Special Application of the Moral Law to the Duties of the Individual and of Society and the State 2011-08-10T02:00:16.913Z The golden mean! that is what wisdom commands us to follow, as I think. Hania 2011-07-04T02:00:18.053Z On the other hand the golden mean between an easily dissoluble relationship, more like an alliance than a federation, and a national system resulting from synoecism was practically never attained in early Greek history. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" 2011-06-19T02:00:16.580Z There is always the golden mean attainable, though occasionally it needs some seeking to find it. A Word to Women 2011-06-08T02:00:18.457Z They should aim instead to find the right balance, the golden mean that optimizes care. Missing But Crucial to Successful Health Care: Empathy 2011-04-26T11:45:00.207Z Aristotle finds also in courage an excellent opportunity to apply his celebrated theory of the golden mean. Elements of Morals With Special Application of the Moral Law to the Duties of the Individual and of Society and the State 2011-08-10T02:00:16.913Z Spirals, which recur in Mr. Chatterley’s work, are a representation of the ancient Greek concept of the golden mean, a ratio, about 1.6 to 1, that is found throughout nature. | Westchester: Odd Textures, Elegant Poses and Math?s Golden Mean 2011-04-01T22:17:15Z The opposite class of wanderers from the golden mean is hardly so numerous as the idlers, yet it is quite a large one. What I know of farming: a series of brief and plain expositions of practical agriculture as an art based upon science 2011-03-29T02:00:08.937Z This is the golden mean between a lax and a scrupulous conscience. Moral Theology A Complete Course Based on St. Thomas Aquinas and the Best Modern Authorities 2011-02-24T03:00:54.237Z Neither too much nor too little; there is a golden mean. A Japanese Boy 2011-02-14T03:00:37.363Z “Our fathers by an almost divine prescience, struck the golden mean.” The Short Constitution 2011-01-05T03:01:00.017Z They also include the ideal of the golden mean or harmony, and hierarchy as the basis for social structure and interaction. 2010-01-25T15:42:00Z I have seldom found any such thing as a golden mean in this respect, among them. Forty Years in the Wilderness of Pills and Powders Cogitations and Confessions of an Aged Physician Thus, miserliness and extravagance are specifically distinct sins, because one falls short of, while the other goes beyond, the golden mean that is found in liberality. Moral Theology A Complete Course Based on St. Thomas Aquinas and the Best Modern Authorities 2011-02-24T03:00:54.237Z It bids us avoid extremes; but it cannot ascertain for us, according to our personal need, the golden mean. An Essay In Aid Of A Grammar Of Assent “Our fathers by an almost divine prescience, struck the golden mean,” when they made the Constitution.—Pomeroy. The Short Constitution 2011-01-05T03:01:00.017Z Oh, there is a golden mean; it doesn't have to be all honey or all vinegar. Stranded in Arcady The Bible holds forth the golden mean between these extremes, in a strain of lofty poetry and acute perception of the great and beautiful, whether seen in the Creator or reflected from his works. The Origin of the World According to Revelation and Science They embody the doctrine of the golden mean. Letters from a Father to His Son Entering College Kindly teach how blest are they Who nature’s equal rules obey, Who safely steer two rocks between, And prudent keep the golden mean.” The Standard Cantatas Their Stories, Their Music, and Their Composers Between the conciseness and singleness of "The Ebb-Tide" and the unnecessary length and complexity of some of the Victorians lies a golden mean easier to recognize in specific books than to state abstractedly. The Technique of Fiction Writing All prudent counsel, as to what befits The golden mean, is lost on such an one. The Voice of Science in Nineteenth-Century Literature Representative Prose and Verse We choose to shoot like a philosopher as we are, and to preserve the golden mean in murder. Recreations of Christopher North, Volume I (of 2) Alas! will the golden mean of reason never govern the practices of men? A Morning's Walk from London to Kew And yet it was mean, it was very mean in you, sir, thus to overstep the golden mean of manners. The Advocate There is no ease, no unaffected simplicity of manner, no “golden mean.” Hazlitt on English Literature An Introduction to the Appreciation of Literature The differences between the extremes and the golden mean are differences in quality, although they arrive at this difference in quality by means of difference in quantity. Pedagogics as a System He was a sworn foe to the unusual and the conspicuous, a praiser of the golden mean, a kind of city uncle modified by Cheeryble. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson, Volume 9 Few are sufficiently educated to appreciate style: and we cannot rule our own by anybody’s opinion; but we can generalize and find something that shall be agreeable to all—something approaching to a golden mean. Needlework As Art The instinct of the nascent nation decided for the golden mean, and chose the middle path. The Winning of Popular Government A Chronicle of the Union of 1841 He that holds fast the golden mean, And lives contentedly between The little and the great, Feels not the wants that pinch the poor, Nor plagues that haunt the rich man's door. Life and Literature Over two thousand extracts from ancient and modern writers, and classified in alphabetical order Freedom is the golden mean between license and slavery. Flowers of Freethought (Second Series) He possessed the saving salt of practical common sense, so that the golden mean of sanity and healthful joy in his works commended them to all men, and they are not difficult to understand. The Venetian School of Painting No "golden mean" of the "handful with quietness" here! Old Groans and New Songs Being Meditations on the Book of Ecclesiastes Divine and perfectly elegant do not suggest the same set of attributes, and I don't see how he can strike the golden mean between them. The Dominant Strain Yet, without leadership, what hope is there of co-operation with capital; what chance of finding a golden mean of agreement? Another Sheaf Grading can remain here in the golden mean and will be beneficial to pupils and teachers alike. Rural Life and the Rural School The golden mean still has command of Bellini, and never allows his feelings, however poignant, to degenerate into sentimentality or violence. The Venetian School of Painting Between these two extremes Catholic theology keeps the golden mean. Grace, Actual and Habitual A Dogmatic Treatise It seeks a golden mean between letting the State do nothing and asking it to do everything. Social Justice Without Socialism So for several centuries the pendulum of opinion swung from one side to the other before it rested in the golden mean of Orthodoxy. Orthodoxy: Its Truths And Errors The 'golden mean' of which Horace wrote was a mere expression, taught him, perhaps, by his father, a part of his stock of maxims. Ave Roma Immortalis, Vol. 1 Studies from the Chronicles of Rome Evidently, then, the wise course to pursue in the matter of crowning the road is to hit the golden mean. The Road and the Roadside Temperature preserves a "golden mean"; the barometer is almost absolutely steady; the yearly rainfall amounts to no more than three or four inches. A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century Fourth Edition How one is to keep the golden mean, and not turn to the right or left 290. b. Commentary on Genesis, Vol. II Luther on Sin and the Flood Who love too much, hate in the like extreme, And both the golden mean alike condemn. Familiar Quotations A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature Many teachers thus rashly fly from one extreme of government to the other, without stopping to test the "golden mean," or even appearing to bestow a single thought upon the subject. Popular Education For the use of Parents and Teachers, and for Young Persons of Both Sexes Much of success in life depends upon striking the golden mean, for human experience teaches that those who follow in this pathway are apt to find themselves among the happy and the successful. The Road and the Roadside According to Gervinus, Shakespeare believes that humanity need not set up ideals, but that only healthy activity and the golden mean are necessary in everything. Tolstoy on Shakespeare A Critical Essay on Shakespeare Golden Days, in fact, appears to have struck the golden mean in juvenile literature, and it affords us sincere pleasure to be able to chronicle its conspicuous popularity. Golden Days for Boys and Girls Volume VIII, No 25: May 21, 1887 The court and cart I like nor loath; Extremes are counted worst of all; The golden mean between them both Doth surest sit and fears no fall. Lyrics from the Song-Books of the Elizabethan Age Moreover the golden mean is suggested, that principle of action so familiar in later Greek philosophy. Homer's Odyssey A Commentary There is a golden mean in this, as in other things, which parents sometimes miss in their blind adhesion to a false theory. Autobiography of Frank G. Allen, Minister of the Gospel and Selections from his Writings "Good sense," said his mother, "is the golden mean." Loss and Gain The Story of a Convert Golden Days, in fact, appears to have struck the golden mean in juvenile literature, and it affords us sincere pleasure to be able to chronicle its conspicuous popularity. Golden Days for Boys and Girls Volume VIII, No 25: May 21, 1887 That is the golden mean between comparative and great wealth. The Girls at Mount Morris Deeper than this golden mean, however, runs the idea here; the dialectic of existence, the twofoldness which must be made one, the higher synthesis over all analysis are dimly intimated in the marvelous tale. Homer's Odyssey A Commentary He has been especially fortunate in hitting the golden mean between forbidding abstruseness and trivial popularity, and consequently enjoys the esteem of those learned in music as well as of those merely happy in it. Contemporary American Composers Being a Study of the Music of This Country, Its Present Conditions and Its Future, with Critical Estimates and Biographies of the Principal Living Composers; and an Abundance of Portraits, Fac-simile Musical Autographs, and Compositions True virtue lies in golden mean, And man must wet his clay, sir; Join these two maxims, and 'tis seen He should drink his bottle a day, sir! A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume I Poetry has no golden mean; mediocrity here is of another metal, which Voltaire, however, had skill enough to encrust and polish. Imaginary Conversations and Poems A Selection It is as much a sign of being no gentleman to over-dress as to dress like a sloven, but, as in every other case, the secret is to find the golden mean. Parkhurst Boys And Other Stories of School Life The English Bible I do not know where we could find a happier example of the preservation of the golden mean in this matter than in our Authorized Version of the Bible. English Past and Present There was no golden mean with him; he was either very optimistic or else intensely pessimistic. Sylva, Vol. 1 (of 2) Or A Discourse of Forest Trees With them he has now found his golden mean. Art in England Notes and Studies The Normal Will.—The golden mean between these two abnormal types of will may be called the normal or balanced will. The Mind and Its Education The path to be followed in achieving this golden mean in the intricacies of professional relations is not as manifest as the rule of honesty and morality in ordinary life. Ethics in Service Up to a certain degree it therefore became necessary to modernize; but the difficulty was to find the golden mean. Essays on Scandinavian Literature Here, again, we must find the golden mean, recognizing that the danger lies in excess, and especially in ill-timed excess. Woman and Womanhood A Search for Principles The dignities of plain occurrence then Were tasteless, and truth’s golden mean, a point, Where no sufficient pleasure could be found. Romance Two Lectures Raphael holds always to the golden mean; no exaggerated note jars upon the perfection of his harmonies. Raphael A Collection Of Fifteen Pictures And A Portrait Of The Painter With Introduction And Interpretation As in everything it follows the ‘golden mean’. Unfolding Destiny As in everything, it follows the ‘golden mean’. Directives from the Guardian All this obviously adds to the hardness of the task imposed on him who would steer clear of every extremity, and keep in the golden mean of truth and use. The Friendships of Women In the same spirit, it has been the wont of divines to characterize superstition and unbelief as opposite poles, between which lies the golden mean of discreet faith. Current Superstitions Collected from the Oral Tradition of English Speaking Folk They felt no scruples about going beyond the golden mean. Platform Monologues For moderation in his own expenditure takes away from the Sovereign the temptation to transgress the precepts of justice and to abandon the golden mean. The Letters of Cassiodorus Being A Condensed Translation Of The Variae Epistolae Of Magnus Aurelius Cassiodorus Senator "Why, you must allow there's a golden mean in everything, Miss Ellison," said her companion with a lenient laugh, not feeling it disagreeable to be made light of by her. A Chance Acquaintance But between this excess and that of a "laissez faire" policy there is a golden mean. Catholic Problems in Western Canada The "golden mean" is the "high water mark" of real cultivation. Insights and Heresies Pertaining to the Evolution of the Soul The golden mean is to be armed usefully, but not showily; and, above all things, to be very discreet in the production of weapons. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 61, No. 376, February, 1847 Whether, until a millenial golden mean is attained, this is better than our English bullying tone in the same sphere might be an interesting question for casuists. The Land of Contrasts A Briton's View of His American Kin It seems to us a sort of golden mean between the two extremes. Saratoga and How to See It Don’t, however, fancy that, because I dislike the Misses, I have a taste for their grandmothers; there is a golden mean, Jack, of which you seem to have no idea. The History of Emily Montague His zeal warmed with his efforts and he insisted that in the matter of drinking "the golden mean" was the very sin for which the Laodicean Church had been cursed. Winter Evening Tales To do what one could under the circumstances, was not that the golden mean? A Man's Woman Thus it proclaims a classic standard of moderation in all things, the golden mean of the Greeks, Confucius' and Gautama's law of measure. Preaching and Paganism Now, we are the golden mean, Frank, that live upon a little, and work hard for it.' The Ned M'Keown Stories Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three Children nearly always pull to one side or the other; it is a work of long patience even to make them accept that there should be a golden mean. The Education of Catholic Girls I think I've had quite as much champagne as is good for me; just enough; the golden mean. Lippincott's Magazine, December, 1885 Swinburne was, I regret to say, pagan in his views, but, unlike some pagans, he was incapable of adhering to the golden mean. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, June 13, 1917 I do not remember that mean is ever used aa a substantive for low fortune, which is the sense here required, nor for mediocrity, except in the phrase, the golden mean. Notes to Shakespeare, Volume III: The Tragedies There seemed to be no golden mean between the bellow of a fireman and a tone which Galbraith assured her wouldn't be audible three rows back. The Real Adventure This extreme also is avoided in man; in this, as in many other particulars, he holds the golden mean. The Whence and the Whither of Man A Brief History of His Origin and Development through Conformity to Environment; Being the Morse Lectures of 1895 Our best course is caution, and the "golden mean." Plutarch's Lives, Volume I So far as the public can judge, he was chosen as the typical "man in the street," the "plain man who wants a plain answer," the type of the "golden mean," or mediocrity. Plays, Acting and Music A Book Of Theory The white light was not for the heirs of that age, nor yet the golden mean. Sir Mortimer Not too thick and not too thin; Somewhat to the thick inclining, Yet the thick and thin between, That the gods, when they are dining, May comment the golden mean. International Weekly Miscellany - Volume 1, No. 9, August 26, 1850 You'll always have a world full of people who keep to the golden mean. Youth and the Bright Medusa Obviously, there is a golden mean in the arts as in all things, and there comes a point at which form passes into formalism. The Pleasures of Ignorance The competency, therefore, the golden mean, is the thing; and I have often considered the matter, and endeavoured to square my actions by the result of that consideration. Pamela, Volume II Better its trials and losses and crosses than a sterile uniformity of happiness; better its strife than rest in any golden mean of excellence. Robert Browning But if he had been nothing more than a sober propounder of the golden mean he never would have come to greatness. Landmarks in French Literature Our own Church indulges in no rash or sweeping assertions, but follows the golden mean. The Three Additions to Daniel, a Study From 70° to 90° is the best range of temperature, 75° being considered the golden mean throughout the entire fermentative process of bread-making. Science in the Kitchen. There is for each class of circumstances a golden mean of saving. Modern Economic Problems Economics Volume II Who dare assume to guide a youth, a maid, to perfect manners?—the golden mean is so delicate, difficult,—say frankly unattainable. English Prose A Series of Related Essays for the Discussion and Practice There is no ease, no unaffected simplicity of manner, no "golden mean." The Spirit of the Age Contemporary Portraits The golden mean of Agur’s perfect prayer is, perhaps, the best lot of all, did we but know it: “Give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me.” Self help; with illustrations of conduct and perseverance Before the golden mean was found, however, Meg added to her domestic possessions what young couples seldom get on long without, a family jar. Little Women "La Reforme," in believing that it could reconcile everything by a distinction more grammatical than real, has made use, without suspecting it, of the golden mean,— that is, of the worst sort of diplomacy. System of Economical Contradictions; or, the Philosophy of Misery He was a sworn foe to the unusual and the conspicuous, a praiser of the golden mean, a kind of city uncle modified by Cheeryble. Memories and Portraits It commends to us the golden mean—the safe line of conduct that lies midway between the rejection of earthly joys and the worship of them. The Book of Delight and Other Papers Where'er he shines, O Fortune! gild the scene, And angels guard him in the golden mean! The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 2 Proceeding thus inductively, he discovers a long series of laws or principles of Aesthetic, such as unity in variety, association and contrast, change and persistence, the golden mean, etc. Aesthetic as Science of Expression and General Linguistic Eclecticism, the golden mean, compromise with heaven or with morality: is it always to be the same philosophy, then? System of Economical Contradictions; or, the Philosophy of Misery There is a world of difference between the 'golden mean' of Horace, and the worship of virtue that redeems the obscurities of Persius. Post-Augustan Poetry From Seneca to Juvenal In this way that happy golden mean had been produced, so much extolled by the poets, in which there was no gold and very little silver. Wolfert's Roost and Miscellanies Emphatically a man who observed the golden mean, he opposed the Stoics for being too severe on human nature and the Epicureans for being too easy or for too lightly risking the future. Initiation into Literature All appeared to be living in that golden mean equally removed from the wants and superfluities of life, and all to be happily interwoven by kind and cordial habits of intimacy. The Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus (Volume II) "You're simply the golden mean which will get on anywhere in its own way." The Possessed (The Devils) On these considerations Aristotle framed his celebrated definition of moral virtue: the habit of fixing the choice in the golden mean in relation to ourselves, defined by reason, as a prudent man would define it. Moral Philosophy The golden mean is at an end, The country is suddenly to be deluged with wealth. Wolfert's Roost and Miscellanies Hold fast the golden mean, from anarchy And from a despot's rule alike removed; Nor cast all awe out of the commonwealth, For who is righteous that is void of awe? Specimens of Greek Tragedy — Aeschylus and Sophocles In all things he must hold to the golden mean. It Can Be Done Poems of Inspiration A golden mean is certainly what every man should aim at. Miscellaneous Essays The golden mean, then, is an artistic conception, and what I may call an anthropological conception: it suits man, and is required by man, though Nature may spurn and over-ride it. Moral Philosophy He laughs at the golden mean as ridiculous, and believes there is no such thing in the world; for how can there be a mean of that of which no man ever had enough? Character Writings of the 17th Century Madam, 'tis true: Where reason rules, there is the golden mean. A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 8 Somewhere between these two extremes must lie the golden mean: a life that has strength and simplicity, courage and calm, power and peace. Joy & Power Each new generation either found the golden mean between the extremes which had divided the preceding one, or it recognized the right of both opinions. Mohammedanism Lectures on Its Origin, Its Religious and Political Growth, and Its Present State Aeschylus puts these verses in the mouth of his Furies; The golden mean is God's delight: Extremes are hateful in His sight. Moral Philosophy Truth seems to hold the place of the golden mean between the bitter critics and the over zealous defenders of our Breviary hymns. The Divine Office It was therefore necessary, for the well-being of both services, to discover the golden mean. The Press-Gang Afloat and Ashore Thus 'extremes,' 'golden mean,' 'category,' 'predicament,' 'axiom,' 'habit'—what are these but a deposit in our ethical terminology which Aristotle has left behind him? On the Study of Words Its object is to strike the golden mean in such a way as to rivet the attention of the hearer or reader on the words uttered or written. How to Speak and Write Correctly It is to be observed that prudence does not will the golden mean in question, but simply indicates it. Moral Philosophy After all, would it not appear that the true theory is that of a golden mean between these two extremes? The True Citizen, How to Become One My pretty 'employer' shall furnish the golden means to loosen old Ram Lal's tongue. A Fascinating Traitor An Anglo-Indian Story The fact was, he had struck that golden mean which leaves nothing to be desired as regards the atmosphere. In the Pecos Country / Lieutenant R. H. Jayne Portugal has perhaps gone too far in abolishing these church establishments, but it is a reaction which will lead to the golden mean. Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo Volume 2 But may not one with no prudence to guide him hit upon the golden mean by some happy impulse, and thus do an act of virtue? Moral Philosophy Yet he was "not puffed up in prosperity, nor shaken in adversity, always holding the golden mean." English Literature for Boys and Girls "There is a golden mean, Miss Field, between being rich and being poor!" he reminded her. Harriet and the Piper In athletics he had kept the golden mean, as in all else; he exercised his body for health, not for the pride of emulation. The Crown of Life Thus, among a number of blocks a pleasing harmony in architectural styles is obtained, which is a golden mean between the rigid uniformity of some new cities and the antique irregularity of old ones. The Dominion in 1983 The intellect does not discern the golden mean of justice and mercy in relation to the circumstances in which the agent now finds himself. Moral Philosophy It is the extremes which are ever the vices; the golden mean is the virtue. An Introduction to Yoga He loves when age and youth are met, Fervent old age and youth serene, Their high and low in concord set For sacred song, Joy's golden mean. The Christian Year She belonged to a class who seldom find the golden mean in money matters, being either exceedingly close and saving, or else lavish either on themselves or other people. Dynevor Terrace: or, the clue of life — Volume 2 The golden mean between these two is the proper knowledge of what is required for the preservation of health, and so much conformity thereto as will give the best results. The Art of Living in Australia ; together with three hundred Australian cookery recipes and accessory kitchen information by Mrs. H. Wicken The measure of restraint is relative, as the golden mean is relative, and varies with different persons and in view of different ends. Moral Philosophy The golden mean, the truth, is no longer recognized or valued. Mozart: the man and the artist, as revealed in his own words There IS a golden mean, the Comic Spirit shows it to us in the light of our flashing laughter at the deviation therefrom. The Psychology of Beauty Which if a chaste wife crown, no less in her Than fortune, I the golden mean prefer. Cowley's Essays The first appears in a splendid self- esteem, a complacency, a confidence which passes all bounds of the golden mean. The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 16 The golden mean between two extremes of excess and defect respectively has been already explained, and may be further shown by a review of the virtues. Moral Philosophy Of course there is a certain moderation to be observed in both, as in everything else, and what we may call a golden mean in both these things. Letters of Marcus Tullius Cicero I do not mean to boast or do any thing of the kind, but I would suggest to all future colored cadets to base their conduct on the aristonmetpon, the golden mean. The Colored Cadet at West Point Autobiography of Lieut. Henry Ossian Flipper, first graduate of color from the U. S. Military Academy Where’er he shines, O Fortune, gild the scene, And angels guard him in the golden mean! An Essay on Man He easily keeps to the golden mean; he is inspired. Religions of Ancient China The earthquake, the hurricane, and the angry ocean are not in the golden mean, not at least from a human point of view. Moral Philosophy The golden mean who loves, lives safely free From filth of foreworn house, and quiet lives, Released from court, where envy needs must be. A Defence of Poesie and Poems His instinctive aversion to fanaticism found expression in a plea for the golden mean in politics. Lincoln; An Account of his Personal Life, Especially of its Springs of Action as Revealed and Deepened by the Ordeal of War I suppose there is somewhere a golden mean between this complete oblivion of time and our feverish American hurry. Penelope's Irish Experiences So I started on a jog trot, trying to hit the golden mean of speed that would still leave me breath to shoot. The Land of Footprints Hence the golden mean is eminently a Greek conception, a leading idea of the Hellenic race. Moral Philosophy Not puffed up in prosperity, nor shaken in adversity, always holding the golden mean.” The Life of John Bunyan He was content with his ringing assertion of the golden mean. Lincoln; An Account of his Personal Life, Especially of its Springs of Action as Revealed and Deepened by the Ordeal of War Lincoln's doctrine of the golden mean, became for once a political power. Lincoln; An Account of his Personal Life, Especially of its Springs of Action as Revealed and Deepened by the Ordeal of War |
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