What does Arnold mean by 'Hebraism' in Culture and Anarchy?
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Correct answer: A. Moral education — strictness of conscience and conduct
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Arnold contrasts Hellenism ('spontaneity of consciousness', seeing things as they are) with Hebraism ('strictness of conscience', right conduct and obedience), and argues that Victorian England was over-Hebraised.
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