The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-12-30


huences upon this century, yet it is
ossIbIe to consider half a hundred such
representative Of the Inspiration and
moulding of the age. Future historiaps
may commemorate the living great, bat
{ is upon the geniuses who have passed
on that the present day observer wili
more readily reflect
In no century has literary producton
been so high as this, wherefore let usN
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MEN OF LETTERs:-The supreme per-
Ia sonality Of the century in the world OF
letters is Wolfgang Won Goethe Q149-lS521,
the German Shakespeare, The most uni
versal mind that the world has ever
produced. Writing poems in rs child
q hood, dramas in youth and covering all
the fields Of human interest in later
years his work was stamped as clossi-
cal while ia the course of it's production
AN unparalleled achievement, especially
n this age Of literary producuveaess
It was because he found inspiration
the classics Of Greek art and literature
eat Goethe achieved such splendid re-
suits The one hundred and fifty vol
Umes Of his works tell the tale Of his
genius most eloqueuty. and Faust,
asterpiece and epltome Of his high
tavor, VIII long stand as the MAJ
Aoetc and philosophic thought.
ltest original creator If realism
mance. the founder Of The sco0l in
nh Flaubert ana lola have worked.
has stimulated Fl }welJs and FaI es,
one other than H7u5re d. faI.ac
is-ls5U. with wonderful energy and
alUstry. he explored The new field cf
actual and in an almost scientific
Acovered the real romance Of human
ence.
7as no longer transplanted ideas
his pessimisuc way. which inter
him. and the characters which
I've through his pages are alive because /
ey are filed with reality He worked
verishly in attempting to present types (
Of human nature which taken together, /
would represent all the variations to
which mankind is subject. That he sue (
ceeded is proved not only by the success (
Of his own work, but by the most hatter- |
81 iHg criticism of Imitation, which has been /
general
The original poet Of the century is un-
oubtedly Walt Whitman OS19-1s90. who .
go new songs, even though not always /
meiodiously- Tt was the elemental I'M his
thought, the new note in literature which
he struck that aroused a response even
IN Europe. Here, at last, was an Amer
lean poet who sang songs inspired bay the
power and greatness of a. virgin land.
IL was no longer transplantetd ideas /
and forms. but the original. creative life
Of new world pulsaung with vitality,
which spoke through Whitman of a re-
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