 becaufe human judgment, though it be gradually gaining upon certainty, never becomes infallible, and approbation, though long continued, may yet be only the approbation of prejudice or  The Monthly Magazine - Page 6001800Full view - About this book
 | Raymond Macdonald Alden - 1911 - 754 pages
...devolved from one generation to another, have received new honors at every transmission. But because human judgment, though it be gradually gaining upon...continued, may yet be only the approbation of prejudice or fashion, it is proper to inquire by what peculiarities of excellence Shakespeare has gained and kept... | |
 | Oscar George Sonneck - 1917 - 746 pages
...same passage he denies that the collective estimate can ever be more than relatively final, because "human judgment, though it be gradually gaining upon certainty, never becomes infallible." This, however, is to deprive the word 'certainty' of its meaning as generally understood, and to question... | |
 | Wylie Sypher - 1947 - 1294 pages
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