The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1877-12-13


style were read from the FaerY Queen
and the Epithalamium.
H. sPENsER's FRIENDS.
s Two names have come down to us as
among the most noble and knightly> of
the race. These two knightly men were
both personal friends to Spenser,sand lin
these two men the Age Of Chivalry cul-
minated. Here again we see the law of
elimination. Centuries of literary eff
fort flowers forth into Shakespeare and
Milton and centuries of chivalry finally
blossom out into those two full-blown
roses of perfect Knighthood, Sidney and
Raleigh. Tie Age of Chivalry reached
and then died, as it were, content with
its product. ...,
Both Sidney and Raleigh were poets
and writers who left their impress upon
our literature. Sidney's principal work
is the Arcadia, a prose-poe:n or romance,
the scenes and incidents of which, it is
said, were drawn from his own noble
and heroic life. It is enough praise of
this romance to say that during his age
the ton OF the world of fashion culled
their phrases and their elegant compli-
ments from this work; that all the po-
cts OF that brilliant era turned to it us
Il textbook, and that Shakespeare, tie
first to give us the ideal woman, drew
his fine conceptions of female character
from Sidney. Sidney died in battle,
and history has blessed his memory and
k,n <,vfc f
that us he lay wounded Oh the field and
Il cup Of water was offered him he mo-
toned it to Il common soldier who lay
need is greater than mine :"
Sir Walter Raleigh's name is familiar
to every American school-boy rs tina:
OF the founder of the Colony Of Virgin-
III. He wrote a. number of beautiful
poems and a History of the World which
is regarded as a masterpiece of English
prose.
LORD BACON.
One of the greatest names in the
world Of letters is that of Lord Bacon,
who also adorned this wonderful age
Pope speaks of him us
"The greatest, wisest, meanest of mankind"
and that single verse has pass d into
literature us an estimate of BacOn.-
Such is the power OF the poet to pinion
either Il friend or All enemy, a good or Il
bad man. But Bacon knew his own
greatness and sad before his death that
he lett Ibis name and memory to for.
eign nations, and to mine own country
after some time has passed over.''
The offence which disgraced linn was
accepting brides, or allowing himself to
| he controlled Venally. while Lord High
| Chancellor of Great Britain, Il position
corresponding to our own Chief Justice
ship.
And here again is seen the operation
of that law, it it be Il law, which was
mentioned above in speaking of the ex.
lie OF Spenser. Lord Bacon retired from
public life with Il stain upon his name
and il the retirement thus forced upon
him he found time to mainly produce
| the greatest work ever undertaken by Il
man. That work was nothing less than
II complete map and review of the learn.
ing Of the W. lid, showing where it was
defective and pointing out the methods
of correcting false logic and false sci
ence. This work is written in J.ati,
under the name of Instaura:io Mag
na," although Bacon did not live t
finish it. That portion called the mo
yum Organum " is the portion which
has exercised such a mighty influence
upon tile world and reversed the order
OF scientific methods, thus givin.
Science to mankind. Bacon showed
that the deductive method, that is, re
asoning from supposed cause to effect
or, in ether words, constructing the
Dry and then cnueaVoring to make til.
Facts and phenomena ofnature conform
to it, was Il false method and had lee
the world astray. lie showed that tn,
inductive method, that is, patiently ant
carefully observing and studying TIN
phenomena Of nature until the law @
cause was discovered, was the tru,
method. In short, the scientific worl,
up to Bacon's time had begun at tn
wrong end. From his time on the Ba
; conian or In(luctive Method became t
method of the civilized world. Newtol
applied it in physical and Locke in men
tai science, with what results ever.
member of tile class is familiar.
In the next lecture, and before we he
gin the consideration OF our creates
poets, it will be necessary to give SOM
definitions. Weshall therefore endeav
or to give the correct definition of Art
Poetry, Beauty, The Sublime, Ilnagin;,
ton; Fancy, Genius, etc.
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