JMSmith posted: "Goldwin Smith was a nineteenth-century English historian and professor, first at Oxford and later at Cornell University.  In 2020 the Cornell University Board of Trustees recognized Smith's greatness by removing his name from twelve named professorships a" The Orthosphere Read on blog or Reader A Prophet is Not Without Honor, Save When He Foretells What is to Come JMSmith January 29 Goldwin Smith was a nineteenth-century English historian and professor, first at Oxford and later at Cornell University.  In 2020 the Cornell University Board of Trustees recognized Smith's greatness by removing his name from twelve named professorships at the University, citing Smith's "racist, sexist, and anti-Semitic" views.  As this testament to the man's distinction no doubt leaves you panting with desire to sample some of Smith's censured prose, I have copied six stimulating extracts below. Smith was an Anglo-Saxonist who believed in the spiritual unity of what Winston Churchill would later call the English Speaking Peoples (excluding the Irish), and in 1895 he wrote the attached lines on the prospects for Anglo-Saxon society, most especially its American branch.  You will note that everything that alarmed Smith has grown immeasurably worse. Continue reading A Prophet is Not Without Honor, Save When He Foretells What is to Come Comment Like You can also reply to this email to leave a comment.

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