The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-07-14
BACON AND sRAgEspsARg.

Richard Grant wha- sn A,ianste Mea,aN
 And now VIC are face ta face ~a,h wha, ls. after all. tfie gEea, inherent ahsutsiits sas ,l,san guished from evidence and eN- tcrnai conaitsonsl oi thls tanta>tteal ne- tton-the uaiikrncss oi hacen's mlnd and ef hlS stN.c te those n the writer af the plays. Among all the men of that hFil- hant peuod who stand forth n the hlase of Us llgh; aitA sufficient distinction fot Us. al ;h,s ,imc. .a know ansihine ot them. no two were So clemenially unlike in their mental and moral ,rm,s ani m their literary habits a> ftancis Racon and William Shakespeare and each oi ihem stamped h,s individuality aamss;akably upon his work Both were thinkers oi the highest order both, wha, we some al'fcren, ,heiI philosophy. how diver zen, ihcr ways al thought, and how notably aaliSc the modes ot expression R1eon. ! cautious observer and neeS;i a,et. ever looking at men and things through the dIy light oi oool reason Shakespeare. ils~ias ~ith instant inspstati M. seeing by intuition the lhlag hetaee hun. outside and .uSide, body aad spstli. aS II vtS. Nct niealeiag II as Il sas ,e hlS immediate re.d nndins m II mcrci, an ast asion ct present thought. and regardless al II, eN. ecpt aS a s,imalas ,o hls taasy aal hls imagination Bacon, a lestsian shakes. eeare. oae ssho sci logic a; aaash,. anl scared upon wings. compared with winch syiios,sHs arc ,tatehe> keen. N ha soash,. in the phrase oi saul at TMSus
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