The quoted passage is from Newman's "The Idea of a University". The quoted passage emphasizes the importance of gentlemanly qualities such as cultivation of the intellect, delicacy of taste, fairness, dispassion, nobility, and courteousness in one's life. These qualities, according to Newman, are natural consequences of a broad education and are the goals of a university.
Newman concedes that these qualities do not guarantee morality or conscientiousness, and they may exist in a man who isworldly, profligate, or heartless. However, he emphasizes that these qualities are still important and attractive, even if they do not ensure moral rectitude.
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