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sweetness and light

Phrase popularized by the English writer Matthew Arnold in Culture and Anarchy 1869, where he advocated a combination of intellectual curiosity with beauty and grace. It was borrowed from Jonathan Swift, who in Battle of the Books 1704 compared poets to bees whose honey and wax provide ‘the two noblest of things, which are sweetness and light’.



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It entertained many visitors, who invariably went away with their souls filled with ecstasy over the atmosphere of sweetness and light that pervaded the place.
Michael, Brother of Jerry by London, Jack View in context
This was not conducive to sweetness and light, and we can well imagine how he ate his soul with bitterness during those dreary eight months.
The Strength of the Strong by London, Jack View in context
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