The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-05-15

only watched hN Dante nut also par ]
tlcipatcd IN by him. and his character
was broadcned by learning and rXpc-
rioncc HIS genius was but the express
sion Of his character II Is Dante the
man which makes Dante the most in
teresting OF poets In the treatise
which be wrote during his exile he
limits the highest poetry 90 that which
treats of the useful. the delightful and
the good. and lo declared learning 10
be- the thing essential 10 the produc-
ton OF such poetry There was a period
In Danto's life when be fell into a way
Of living of which hc ufterwarl repent
cd. From the expression Of repentance
Of this undetermined man. made IN his
writings. many differences displraging
90 him have been wrongly drawn.
There are Interesting passages ln his
. "Purratoy" IN which the poet refers
20 sins 10 which be- was himself ospe-
clally exposed Among such he men
tions the sins Of pride. anger and sem
suallsm. Pride. In his view. was tho
root Of an sim Through pride the
angels fell After the death Of Beatrice
Dante married and had children. and
became more and more prominent DO
public affair." Florence at that time
was given ot = TO revolutions and
Dante. involved iu the general confu-
siou saw bis ideas OF order oycrthrown
"Of all things ordained for our well
being peace Is the best" BE- says. But
peace was Gar from Florence and was
not Co bo found in all italy
The pope and the emperor wore
contoudug against each Other.
and Dante lifts mp bis voice
as one crying in the wilderness with an
appeal Tor peace. ln his treatise ID,
MOnlrCha' be discussed the tp.atly,
authority of the monarch and the head
81 the church. saying that both de-
rived their power from God and thai
both were necessary 90 the world Hi.
work was not the deductions 10 mor,
dry logic but the expression ~ th0
heart OF the man in behalf of his fel
lows he desired not only 10 bud bu
20 bear fruit Tor the public good II
these modern days. when the doctrine
OF the brotherhood OF man Is so thor
ouEhly preached 10 is hard 90 rraliz
how novel such opinions were %, th
time when Dante expressed them
was dangerous 10 speak the truth ID
Florence when party spirit was sam
pant. but the poet spoke the truth as Boz
saw 70. regardless of possible c0nso
Cuouccs Co himself BE drove out o.
the lists the imp.Ous and the liar
Nor is % 90 bc believed that Their, 500
cxlrgDutiou iu the expression of hi
thought. for in the thirteenth cenur
less restraint was put on the feeling
than is now tb' ease nanto's mites
rity aud courage may not Boz doub'o,
la The absence Of knowledge as tu Oh
dates OF many OF the poets writing
.ll b. difficult Co trace fully bis spir.u.
development. bat whether as poet q
= philosopher his one aim was the we
In fare oi man To this task Do br1url
M 40 bis gifts. hls learning his oNp,l
i gure. bis Inspiration. Dante has bey
\, too often regarded exclusively as o. poe
,, Yc, hs wrote DTS poems not 90 gain N
\. praise OF men. bui Co arouse them To
81 sense OF the errors of their way.
4, make them better and nob'er Into Of
A cry work of art enters a moral clemcn
"a The beauty which au artist gives
his work takes from Bis spirit 10
remarkable that Dante. while constan
ly ln pursuit of moral purpose. a
not lose anything % beauty The pr
III fcssor then spoke OF the Divine Con
's cdy." which was written while pau
u- was in exile. from 1909 10 1921. Il wa
pa too. durlug this period that the pu
as drank large daurh,s from the class
IN writers. and from Aristotle in partIc
hd lar. Dante was also indebted 90 q
'F' medieval philosophers and. FIRST OF O.
ne TO 81. Thomas AuuInas