...wrong their country, by following the example of the statesman, AVho, born for the universe, narrowed his mind. And to party gave up what was meant for mankind. All parties have their several merits and defects, which in case of a wise coalition might be harmonised...

...McKinley. Each one, under this spoils system, as Goldsmith wrote of an English statesman, "Narrowed his mind, and to party gave up What was meant for mankind." In the beginning the State Librarian was more of a custodian, and not a very good one at that, evidently,...

...glorious powers to the scramblings and squabblings of the day, and, " Born for the universe, narrowed his mind, And to party gave up what was meant for mankind. " And now, gentlemen, you will allow me to discuss, in conclusion, this institution, which is dedicated...

...Burke, of whom Goldsmith said, with such truth, long ago 'that born for the universe, "he narrowed his mind" And to party gave up what was meant for mankind.' " The comment has led Leslie Chard II, who considers the question of Wordsworth's conversion to Burke...

...to all of them the disparagement Goldsmith applied to Burke— Who, born for the universe narrowed his mind, And to party gave up what was meant for mankind. 19 Mistakes in tactics there may have been, even serious mistakes. And the prosecutors may, indeed,...

..."Here lies our good Edmund, whose genius was such, / We scarcely can praise it, or blame it too much; / Who, born for the Universe, narrow'd his mind, / And to party gave up what was meant for mankind" (The Collected Works of Oliver Goldsmith, 5 vols., ed. Arthur Friedman [Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1...

...genius was such, We scarcely can praise it, or blame it too much; Who, born for the Universe, narrowed his mind, And to party gave up what was meant for mankind 18 or is there something besides to be said? There is much that is obviously plausible in Goldsmith's...

...Burke: 'Here lies our good Edmund, whose genius was such, We scarely can praise it or blame it too much; Who, born for the universe, narrow'd his mind, And to party gave up what was meant for mankind. Though fraught with all learning, kept straining his throat To persuade Tommy Townsend to lend him...

...Goldsmith's description of him as the man, of all his generation, "Who, born for the universe, narrowed his mind, / And to party gave up what was meant for mankind." But party, as Burke understood it, was a broader and more generous principle of association than such...

...genius was such, We scarcely can praise it, or blame it too much; Who, born for the universe, narrowed his mind, And to party gave up what was meant for mankind. Though fraught with all learning, yet straining his throat To persuade Tommy Townshend to lend him...