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George Lansing Raymond was born on September 3, 1839 in Chicago, the son of Benjamin Wright Raymond, a prosperous merchant, and Amelia (Porter) Raymond. On both sides, the family background was thoroughly New England.
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Excerpt from Rhythm and Harmony in Poetry and Music: Together With Music as a Representative Art; Two Essays in Comparative Æsthetics First, a philosophic Object. The causes underlying the effects of art are in themselves as interesting as any um derlying the effects of nature - like the rising and falling Of the tides, the coming and going of the storms, the sprouting of the leaves in spring, and their falling in the autumn. And, second, a practical object. If a man be a painter, to let him know precisely what it is that Charms us in a color or an outline may enable him by a few touches to change an unsuccessful product into one fitted to charm all those whose tastes agree with our own. And so with a poet. Those who have ever attempted verses know the constant danger of having the forms metre, alliteration, assonance, rhyme - to which their thought is harnessed, run away with it and wreck it. Yet without the aid of these, what could carry the thought a single step in an artistic direction? The poet must learn to get along, not without them but with them; yet in such a way as to keep them in subjection, as exemplified in what is done by the acknowledged masters. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Excerpt from The Representative Significance of Form: An Essay in Comparative Aesthetics The two tendencies of art thus exemplified, and the constant inclination of the mind, when perceiving the de ficiency in the one, to turn altogether away from it to that which, when regarded in itself alone, causes equal de ficiency in the other, make one feel, at times, as if it were wellnigh hopeless to try, as has been attempted in these volumes, to introduce into the conceptions of American artists and critics even a beginning of that balance be tween the two which always characterizes the highest art, - that of ancient Hellenism, for instance, which was equally careful to reproduce only the ideal in thought and only the beautiful in form. I have concluded that nothing could more certainly accomplish the desired end than a practical recognition of the relationship of art both to religion on the one hand and to science on the other, together with a recognition of the natural limitations to art which such a double relationship necessarily involves. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Excerpt from The Psychology of Inspiration: An Attempt to Distinguish Religious From Scientific Truth and to Harmonize Christianity With Modern Thought Mainly, he answered, because the New England colleges have so few who want to study theology. Yes, I said, they are waiting for my book. What book? He asked. Mine, or some other, I answered, written to show that a man can be both an out-and-out Christian and a thorough scientist. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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George Lansing Raymond was born on September 3, 1839 in Chicago, the son of Benjamin Wright Raymond, a prosperous merchant, and Amelia (Porter) Raymond. On both sides, the family background was thoroughly New England.
He was sent East to school, attending Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachussets, and Williams College, from which he received the degree of A. B. in 1862. Inclined toward the ministry, he pursued the requisite studies at the Princeton Theological Seminary, graduating in 1865. He spent the next three years in Europe studying art.
He returned to the United States and was ordained a Presbyterian minister in 1870. For four years he held a small pastorate at Darby, Pennsylvania.
Although religion maintained an important place in Professor Raymond's thought throughout his long life, it gradually became an interest secondary to his passion for 'sthetics and oratory. Quitting the pulpit, he returned to Williams as professor of English literature, 'sthetics, rhetoric, and elocution.
That he was successful as an instructor is attested by the fact that year after year his pupils won prizes in intercollegiate contests. In teaching oratory he always strove to estimate the true temperament of a pupil, and to shape his instruction accordingly. His Orator's Manual (1879) remains a standard textbook. It was as a student of 'sthetics, however, that Raymond did his most enduring work.
In 1880, leaving Williams College, he accepted a chair of oratory and 'sthetic criticism at Princeton; but since his health was not good, he gave up this dual responsibility in 1893, devoting his attention thereafter to 'sthetics.
He continued at Princeton until 1905, from which year until 1912 he was professor of 'sthetics at George Washington University. As in the realm of religion his creed resolved itself into recognition simply of the fatherhood of God and the brotherhood of man, so in his study of 'sthetics he concerned himself with fundamentals. He perceived the profound inter-relation of the arts, which he drew into an illuminating synthesis, accompanied at every step by comparison and by careful, specific analysis.
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In 1872 was married to Elizabeth Blake of Philadelphia, by whom he had two daughters, only one of whom survived him.