EXCERPT: For the mind, as far as knowledge went, Chivalry itself did little; but by its influence it did much. For the heart it did everything; and there is scarcely a noble feeling or a bright aspiration that we find among ourselves, or trace in the history of modern Europe, that is not in some degree referable to that great and noble principle, which has no name but the Spirit of Chivalry.EXCERPT: For the mind, as far as knowledge went, Chivalry itself did little; but by its influence it did much. For the heart it did everything; and there is scarcely a noble feeling or a bright aspiration that we find among ourselves, or trace in the history of modern Europe, that is not in some degree referable to that great and noble principle, which has no name but the Spirit of Chivalry.
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