02349cam a22003013u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003704000110007804100170008905000070010610000290011324500720014226400510021430000470026533600260031233700260033833800360036450000310040050801160043152013560054753400450190365300390194885600430198799900170203020844UtSlPG20260610133459.0mcr n260607r2007||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aPR1 aMorley, John,d1838-192310aCritical Miscellanies (Vol. 3 of 3), Essay 5: On Pattison's Memoirs 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2007 a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats atextbtxt2rdacontent acomputerbc2rdamedia aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier aRelease date is 2007-03-17 aProduced by Paul Murray, Janet Blenkinship and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net a"Critical Miscellanies (Vol. 3 of 3), Essay 5: On Pattison's Memoirs" by John Morley is an analytical essay written in the early 20th century. This work is part of a broader collection of critical essays that examine the contributions and personalities of various figures in literature and thought. The primary focus of this essay is on the character and life of Mark Pattison, emphasizing his development as a thinker and the impact of his personal experiences on his scholarly work. In this essay, Morley reflects on Pattison's life, addressing the inherent contradictions between his intellectual gifts and his personal struggles with will and character. Pattison, an Oxford scholar and rector, is portrayed as a man of substantial literary knowledge and reflective temperament yet paradoxically hampered in his ambitions by his profound self-doubt and inherent timidity. Morley traces Pattison's journey from a promising student to a college head, exploring his influences, intellectual pursuits, and eventual disillusionments. Despite his extensive reading and critical faculty, Pattison's life story, marked by missed opportunities and a lack of assertiveness, ultimately serves as an example of unrealized potential, raising questions about the relationship between intellect and personal resolve. (This is an automatically generated summary.) nOriginal publication data not identified aPattison, Mark, 1813-1884. Memoirs40uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/20844 c62079d62079