Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-27

he was so sensitive. He forgets altogether
that the great King of kings hath in the
tables of His law commanded Thou shalt
! do murder He takes a delight in de-
ceiving everybody; no one can keep pace
with hinl-not even the high-reaching Buck
fngham. He spares nobody, not even his
mother. One little scintillation of good only
can be found in him, that is his pride in his
great father. 'Methinks it were prize
enough to be his son..
The dream of Clarence proves the
omnipotence of the poets imagination.
Clarence deserved his death, but not at
the hands of Richard His argument with
the murderers is very touching. Clarence,
100, tried to make world of his own, but
he could not escape the consequences of his
action. The most piteous deed is the muir
der of the young princes.
Plans to Invert World.
''The plan of Richard then, is to invert
the world-to take evil for good The
boldness of the attempt wins our admira-
ton. We admire him like we admire the
satan of Milton. but we know what the
result must be-the experiment must fail
I'm the play there are two movements
one up and one down. Richard succeeds
for a time. but only for time, and the
second movement begins. The curse of
Margaret comes to him. Retribution is at
hand, and when it comes it is terrible.
This is to be the end of Richard too.
The poet has not made use of the poetic
incidents in the play; he has rather avoided
Them The spirit of the play is terror the
lesson, retribution. Some day or another
your sins will come home to you; your
sins will find you out. If you live you
must live according to law. You may
violate the laws of your being, but only for
a little while If you see, you must see with
your eyes. You will dash yourself to pieces
against the world; you will be crushed by
the movement by placing yourself out of
harmony with that movement and seeking
to arrest it.
Withers Away With Fear.
In the dreadful hour. the manifestation
of conscience, Richard withers away with
fear. He laughed at all law, scorned all
obligations, that he would plot and plan
and execute and do murder and shed blood
at his good will, without fear of conse-
quences. There is no such thing as con-
science-no such thing as law; the power to
do things with impunity-that is all-and
that he possesses. 1t seemed at first as il
he would succeed. God is silent; the earth
does not open to swallow him. but retribu-
ton will come in the end, and it is all the
more terrible.
THE night before the battle of Bosworth
Field he loses his alacrity of spirit and
cheer of mind The shadow begins to adj
vance. He goes into battle with his moth
er's curse Nemesis is coming, retributior
moves, his hour is about to strike. Oh, how
terrible it is!
TT is the supremacy of the moral law
which the poet teaches. Richmond is all
joy, and triumphs distinctly as the repre-
sentative of that law. The poet Furnishes
Richard by death and insight into the
other world, and after the awful vision of
the night before the battle he never Tccov- 4
ers himself The shades of all his dead ap-
pear to him and point their fingers at MIN.
and bid him despair and die 1 shall
despair says Richard, there is no creature
loves me, and if die no soul shall pity me.
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university in addition to the receipts from
the lecture.
Committee in Charge.
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Carthy E. j. Sullivan, ]. r. Stone, T. NJ.
Quill H j. Kane, T. v. Smitt, George s.
DeNeale, John Gollen Dr. Johnson Eliot.
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mond j. Thurn r. F. Tobin, James A.
Wetzel John j. Wickham, J. E. Ralph,
w. s. Mccarthy William p. Normoyle.
Vincent II. Sheehey. Edward F. Genoe.
Joseph F. Marsden. Thomas X. Galiaher.
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