LONGMAN, GREEN, LONGMAN, ROBERTS, AND GREEN.
1864.
In his prose writings there was discernible an intellectual hauteur which contrasted with the uneasiness and moral incertitude of his versified moods, and which implied that a dogmatist stood erect under the shifting sensitiveness of the poet. A dogmatist—for Mr. Arnold is not merely a critic who interprets the minds of other men through his sensitiveness and his sympathies; he delivers with authority the conclusions of his intellect; he formulates ideas.
Dowden
ESSAYS IN CRITICISM.