Leonard Trelawny Hobhouse

Name: Liberalism — Bibliography
Author: Leonard Trelawny Hobhouse

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Leonard Trelawny Hobhouse (1864-1929) published works such as Liberalism — end matter, Liberalism — front matter and Liberalism — Index. These writings evoke Pelmanism, leisure and mental capacity.

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Leonard Trelawny Hobhouse, Liberalism — end matter (1911)

“ In short, it is not merely the fleeting interest of a day that is served by the adoption of Pelmanism, but the interest of a lifetime. One may utilise the Course as a means of achieving some immediate purpose—financial, social, educational, or intellectual,—but the advantages of the training will to end there. The investment of time will bear rich fruit throughout life, and, in addition to serving a present purpose, will enable many a yet unformed ideal to be brought within the gates of Realisation. ”

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Leonard Trelawny Hobhouse, Liberalism — end matter (1911)

“ In developing latent (and often unsuspected) powers of the mind, Pelmanism has not infrequently been the means of changing the whole current of a life.
Again, there are numbers who avow their indebtedness to the Pelman Course in another direction—it has led them to examine themselves anew, to recognise their points of weakness or strength, and to introduce aim and purpose into their lives. Indeed, it is surprising how many men and women, including some of high intellectual capacity and achievement, are "drifting" through life with no definite object. ”

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Leonard Trelawny Hobhouse, Liberalism — end matter (1911)

“ As a system, Pelmanism is distinguished by its inexhaustible adaptability. It is this which makes ii it of value to the University graduate equally with the salesman, to the woman of leisure and to the busy financier, to the Army officer and to the commercial clerk. The Pelmanist is in no danger of becoming stereotyped in thought, speech, or action: on the contrary, individuality becomes more pronounced. ”

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Leonard Trelawny Hobhouse, Liberalism — end matter (1911)

“ The charms of literature, and in particular the beauties of poetry and descriptive writing, are appreciated by those who adopt Pelmanism as they never appreciated them before. Every phase of existence is sensibly expanded. Life receives a new and deeper meaning with the unfolding of the latent powers of the mind. ”

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Leonard Trelawny Hobhouse, Liberalism — end matter (1911)

“ Elderly men and women whose lives have been so fully occupied with business, social, or household matters that the intellectual side has been partly or wholly submerged: successful men in the commercial world whose enterprises have heretofore left them too little leisure to devote to self-culture: Army officers who find that the routine of a military life invites intellectual stagnation—these find that the Pelman Course offers them a stairway up to the higher things of life. ”

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Leonard Trelawny Hobhouse, Liberalism — end matter (1911)

“ In many cases, those whose motive originally was material advancement of some kind have been quick to discover the deeper meanings and higher values of Pelmanism—a value far above money. It would be proper to say that there are many thousands of both sexes to whom the Pelman System has been the means of intensifying their interest and pleasure in existence as probably no other agency could have done. ”

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Leonard Trelawny Hobhouse, Liberalism — end matter (1911)

“ The system is, in fact, not a mental strait-jacket but an instrument: instead of attempting to impose universal ideals upon its students, it shows them how to give practical effect to their own ideals and aims. It completes man or woman in the mental sense, just as bodily training completes them in the physical sense. ”

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Leonard Trelawny Hobhouse, Liberalism — end matter (1911)

“ Though leading a busy life, my income is inherited, not earned. My object in studying Pelman methods was not, therefore, in any way a professional one, but simply to improve my memory and mental capacity, which, at the age of fifty, were, I felt, becoming dull and rusty. ”

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Leonard Trelawny Hobhouse, Liberalism — Bibliography (1911)

“ Representative Government. The Subjection of Women. Autobiography. Cobden.—Political Writings. Bright.—Speeches. Mazzini.—The Duties of Man. Thoughts on Democracy in Europe. Jevons.—The State in Relation to Labour. ”

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