The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1864-07-05
sHAKEsPEARE.


Englithmen do not keep the 23d OK April-St
Georges day--as Irishn'en keep 81. Pdtrick's
nAd Scotchmen keep ST. Andrews. The great
champion who slew the dragon is not much cared
for but a large portion of the human race com
memoraies to-day the birth.of Warwickshire
boy three hundred years ago. Since he first
drew breath ten generations OF men have come
and gone, aud the world has seen vast changes
dy nasties melting away, nations dropping out
OF account, great conquerors crossing the
EARTH aud mighty empires rising out OF the
dust-new literatures, new arts, new sciences
Since the world began there are not % be
named three centuries which have made such
a complete revolution in the affairs of men or ia
Ehe aspect of nature, and which. reckoning not
BY time, but by events, are SO full OF moment or
50 long in the account. Yet, In all the ages, we
cannot point TO any man who, for mere human
aebieVement, has been remembered one century
after his birth the child born at StrattOrd-On-
Avon is now remembered after the lapse Of the
three longest centuries in The history OF man
hind. II 10 the son Of 4 homely alderman whose
birth we ce ebrate-the son OF grazier, who wa,
bred among the cows aud the cilves; but his
intellectual work has rlised him 10 throne
recognized from continent TO continent, aud last
ing from nge tO age.
Shakespeare gives voice 10 every wave OF feel
tng-to every mood OF the mind. lie knows
- ,,,see a. sorrow as vel as all the ~ ~
s1nqhter. He studied hale as we ss love And
low appetite as vol As io''v ambition. Men and
50" I'm LORDS and co-,moSs, hys and hags-hC
and apoteecary, ar Ail alike 10 him. His reveal
tion OF the wofh ngs of the heart Is a ceaSele-s
marvel, When the murder Of I'D mean IS dis
covered "Lady Macbeth" expresses her ast0nish
Tnent-dWbat, in Our house Z" She Is not, Ike
an innocent woman, astonished at the murder
but that it should have been pepetrated under
her roof.
knowledge Of human nafure, and consummlte
skill in managing it, with the great speech Ci
EiAntopy" over the dead body of Caesar = STINT
lar examples might be quoted without number
and will crowd on the recollection Of every intel
Igent reader. But shakespeare's perfect know
ledge of the human heart would pear cruel were
a not tempered with perfect sympathy. IL no
~sn has exhibited so clearly as he the frailtiei
my nature and our seltdeceptons In fancy
for s.elyes better than we are, iJ is rare thins
There y make any one positively hitetul'
he coyEsss malice in the ridcule with which
fate which S,A,, there is infinite pity in the
lock, and no<Ses the offender. See "ohy-
his dueats, of his Ssrtft OF his vengeance, OF
srhe tepder memory Ot'Se,t reft Of mis- eligion.
sbe loss Of the turquoas sAaah " which makes
-ss a bachelor one OF MA 't,sssbirn when he
.s toneh OF soitness 70 Sis,1,ort n-as I'M
part penve for which he thiss, o. ,, ~,
ny ny strong proyOcatiOn OF 5ew llA,stad h,,
snS lISe other men, but Is ueaseA 80 ct
anes Or again. take "Lady Mac,aa.sS,sd "a
e,o nv her how she herself could nVs lvAA ~
nands in 0Duncan's" blood. 'haq s ne vs.
nen,hIed my father as he sepb nav ls,',se een
She. too has the tender paIs ~ re ftmii,
ss etl her cruel ambition has tue ia, IAN ~ =
ntiens NJ g strongly developed. MOI oliy o., ne !
lesssns ,.s slace In her heart for the Inellloi !
49, s,ehe has given suck, ana hloMs ~ ~ J, n N
,,er % iis 10 love lle babe that InilkS hsi' ~