The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-24
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 The Open Court for January opens a discussion on the authorship of the works that we call shakespeare's.
 Cyefferal J. Warren Keller opens the discussion with a paper read before the Literary Club Of. Springfield. Ohio: Did wfilianfs Sha kespeare write Shakespeare? General Keller refuses to support the theory that Bacon wrote those plays and poems for which no ponegyric is too great for the very excellent reason that Bacon would surely claimed and proved the authorship had he had any right 10 do so.
 ButShe has no author to put forward for the wearing of that immortal crown that William Shakespeare has so long worg,sy9 s.,2l 5.... l ,.- .-. .--. ''Yeu'wilI, ask, if Shakespeare did not write Shakespeare, who did? My ahswaf ie,.I do not know. '-s N Il do sHotsknow enough to agree with DonneliV iV's@-The Great Cryptigram-Ba- e conian% theory+4of. authorship; nor am satished with Dr. Owens or Miss Gal lupsi fBacon's Cipher Story. "
 General Ksifer sums up the wisdom, knowledge, Accomplishments of the au- thor. The author df one person) was profound in all the learning of his time, including knowledge of Greek and Latin, the French and Spanish languages, and of ancient and modern writings.
 The author was a philosopher, mo- ralist, in historian, lnguist with a vo- cabulary larger, n5-000 words, while the learned, Milton, just after him. had only SOO) than any other writer of his day, and who coined more English words than any other writer, if not all other writers, of all time
 ''HeS must have. read untranslated books .pand manuscripts (such as ovid, HomeFi etc) which he enthusiastically con sultedfS quoted or followed, as occasion reduired. .,..,.
 His Knowledge Of philosophy and kin dred subjects was so great that entfus- iastic friends" ofshfs at this day not only deny that traces of Baconian philosophy are found in the works. but claim that Bacon sat at. his feet, took notes of hts wisdom, and 'horrowed' much that made him famous
 The author 'exoelled all medical men of his day in his knowledge and science of medicine and. of the human system, especially. in the qualities of the human mind He is quoted as authority on psychological characteristics of the in- tellect.
 He wrote, as a naturalist and prac- tical,4student, of the life and habits of domestic and wild animals, birds and fishes.
 'IIis. words display, not only the learn- ing of critical student of the law, but that of any experienced practitioner at thea English baF They show knowledge of the Justfniaf1 Code. and familiarity with Italian, French and Spanish, as well as English, courts. His description of court pf0cedure are accurate, and, like all other of his displays of learning, go without scrfficism. r
 "The auther's familiarity with the life. habits. seciA customs and etiquette of those highest in the social scale. includ- ing kings and queens. courtiers or royalty in England and other countries (especial- ly Haiy9 is apparent. throughout the writings, to the least observing.
 ''As n meta physician. the author was so learnAd that in this day the most thoughtful wonder at and consult him.
 His insight into love and the fine sem timents of the human heart excel all other writer's.
 He, as moralist, was capable of the dearest and incest distinctions, involv- ing all the .hjgher duties of man to man, measured by. the purest principles of common lust3ce5 and geqdfty :- ana he did not hesitate" to prescribe the duties of kings to their. subjects and subjects to kings. .s1 G..s~.7.
 He had profound knowledge of an- cient and modern political governments, particularly of ancient dynasties, and the reign of the sovereigns of Spain, Italy. England, and other countries. He wrote not alone as one familiar with books of history and biography. but of courts and courtiers, theft customs, social habits, and life.
 His knowledge of military and naval arts and sciences of war as then known and practiced is manifest.
 His attention to all the details in the life and charactersof the common. as we'll as the middle, and aristocratic, people of his own and other countries is shown throughoup$his works.
 "Who was the author, endowed with 50 much learning and genius?
 Whence came his opportunities for such proficiency and universality?