Matthew Arnold: This strange disease of modern life, With its sick hurry, its divided aims.

This strange disease of modern life, With its sick hurry, its divided aims. — Matthew Arnold

This strange disease of modern life, With its sick hurry, its divided aims.

Matthew Arnold

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