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their round completeness; loving. just, the
equal brother Of oil. Novum Oganum. and
al the intellect you will find in Bacon. IL
Of . quite secondary order; earthly, ma
terial. poor In comparison with this.
Among modern men, one finds, in strict
ness. almost nothing Of the same AMI.
Goethe alone. since the days Of Shake
speare. reminds me Of II. OF him too you
say that he saw the object; you may say
what he himself says of Shakespeare: "His
characters arc like watches with dial-plates
Of transparent crystal; they shew you the
hour like others, and the inward mech
anism also Ii all visible"
For. In fact, I say the degree Of vision
that dwclls In a man is u correct Measure
Of the man. If called to define Shake
~speares faculty ] should say superiority Of
Intellect, and think l had included all under
that.
If I say. therefore. that Shakespeare is
the greatest Of Intellects / have said all
about him.
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which all We wanted was to see the man
himself. So II IL Just the man himself
tho Lear. the Shylock, the Richard-that
Shakespeare q us for the first time
acquainted with. Omit the first scene in
Lear and yet everything will remain so
the hrst and second scenes in the "Mer-
chant Of Venice" Indeed it is universally
true.
s. Interfusion Of the lyrical-that which
m its very essence is poetical-not only
with the dramatic. as in the plays Of Metas-
tasio. where at the end of the scene comes
the aria As the exit speech OF the charac-
ter-but also In and through the dramatic.
songs In Shakespeare are introduced as
songs only. just as songs are in real life.
beautifully as some OF them are charac-
teristic OF the person who has sung or
called for them. as Desdemona's willow
and Ophelias wild snatches, and the sweet
carollings In "As You Like IT," But the
whole OF the Midsummer Nights Dream"
Is one continued specimen OF the drama
tsed lyrical. And observe how exou,sitely
the dramati Of Hotspur-
Marry, and lcn glad on T with all my hear,
Ia rather be 4 kitten and cry-mew, &c.
melts away into the lyric OF Mortimer
! understand thy looks that pretty Welsh
Which thou pOurest down from these sv,ll-
ing heavens.
! am too perfect in. &c.
Henry ~, part l., act H., SC. l.
O. The characters Of the ramatis per-
some. like those in real life. are to he
inferred by the reader, they are no., told
to him. And II is well worth remarking
that shakespeare characters. like those
in real life, are very commonly m.sunder-
stood. and almost always understood by
different persons in different ways.
Lastly In Shakespeare the Heterogeneous
Is united. as 1t is in nature, You must
not suppose a pressure or passion always
acting on or in the charactcr-passion in
Shakespeare is that by which the individ-
ual Is distinguished from others. not that
which makes a different kind of him.
Shakespeare followed the main march of
the human affections. lie entered into no
analysis Of the passions or faiths of men,
but assured himself that such and such
passions and faiths were grounded in our
common nature. and not in the mere acci-
dents Of ignorance or disease, This is an
important consideration. and constitutes
our Shakespeare the morning star. the
guide and the pioneer of true philosophy.
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Shakespeare il as much out Of the cate.
cory OF eminent authors as he is ont Of the
crowd. lie is inconcervably wise. ire
others, conceivably. A good reader can, IN
a SORT, nestle into Plato's brain and think
from thence, but not into shakespeare
we are still out of doors. For executive
faculty. Tor creation, Shakespeare IS
unique NO man can mag ae Il better,
lie was the farthest reach of subtlety com.
patible with an individual self. the slbtlles
or authors, and only Just within the pos.
s!Di!lty of authorship. With this Wisdom
or life Is the equal endowment Of magma
i've and of lyric power. lie clothed the
creatures of his legend with form ard
sentiments as If they were people WHO
mad lived under his roof, and few rea, men
nave left such distsct characters as these
fctions. And they spoke in language a'
sweet rs 1t was ft. Yet his talents never
seduced him into an ostenta,on, nor did
he harp IN one string. An omnipresent
humanity coordinates all his faculties
Give n man of talents IA story 10 tell ard
MS Partially will presently appear He
has certain observations, opinions. TOPICS,
which have some accidental prominence
ana winch he d~isioses all 10 exhibit. ne
Grams this part and starves that otae:
part. consulting not the fitness of the thing,
out MS htness and strength. But shake
speare mas no popularity, no importuna'e
topic, but all is duly given. no veins. no
,uriosities. no cow painter. no bird ffuoicr
no mannerist is he: he has no lis '~oyerebs
egotlsm: the great he tells greatly, no
small, unfortunately. lie is wise wtNoI'
emphasis or assertion, he ~ strou. Z"
nature IL strong, who lifts the land 'r''
mountain slopes without effort. ami lf 'hs
a M Va.1A -. -. a.. E
and likes as well to do the ono ~ the Other
This makes that equality Of power ~ fa''e
tragedy, narrative and love soUG~. q 'n'ii
so inccssant, that each reader IS ircrci '""'
or the perception OF other readers rs
power of expression. or of Transforms ''
lnmost truth OF things into ml~. Hrl
verse, makes him the type OF the p.' ana
mas added a new problem t. m,ttp.''.'
rms IN that which throws him MO ra,'0"
history. as a main production of tine @.'''
ana as announcing new cras and amy.'r''
lions Things We're mirrored in las ln'''
without loss or blur: he could paIH' the
me with precision tho great W''A CON-
pass the tragic and the comic Indifferent!
ana without ANY distortion or favor,
In short, he is the chief example TO prove
that more or less of production. more w
pictures Is II thing indifferent, he
had the power to make ono p.'Ni'
Dagucrre learned how to let one dover
ctch It's image on his plate of luo.nr. ana
then proceeds at leisure to ctCh a w.N'h
There are always objects, but th'r" ""
never representation, Here ~ perfect r'V.
rcscn'atIon nj least, and now let tho Nor"
of figures cit FOR their portraits \. "7P'
'an he given for The mahluG "f q Nit,'
spearc: but me- possibility If The u'"'"
tlon Of things into song is d.mHu fl.
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reader imagine for an instant that any
prototype in this field Of S~hakespearian
power can be looked for there. The
Antigone n the Electra of Tho tragic
poets are the two leading female char
acters that classical antiquity offers to
our respect, but assuredly not to our i'm.
passioned love, az disciplined and exalted
In the school Of Shakespeare. They chal-
lenge our admiration. severe, and even
stern, as approximations Of filial duty.
cleaving to the steps Of a desolate and
afflicted old man, or Of sisterly affection.
maintaining the rights Of a brother under
circumstances Of peril, Of desertion, and
consequently Of perfect self-reliancc.
Iphigenia. again. though not dramatically
coming before us in her own person, but
according to The beautiful report OF =
spectator. presents us with . fino statu-
esque model Of heroic fortitude, and of
one whose u heart. sven In the very
agonies Of her cruel immolation. refused
to forget. by a single indecorous gesture.
or no much as u moment's neglect Of her
own princely descent. that she herself
was "a lady in the land"
These are fine marble groups. but they
are not the warm breathing realities OF
Shakespeare: there In mo speculation" In
their cold marble eyes; the breath Of life
Is not in their n~ostrils; the fine pulses OF
womanly sensibilities are not throbbing In
their bosoms. And, besides this immeas-
urable difference between the cold moony
~refiexes Of life as exhibited by the power Of
Grecian art and the true sunny life OF
Shakespeare. It must be observed that the
Antigones. &C, OF the antique put forward
but one single trait Of character. like the
aloe with it's single blossom: this solitary
feature is presented to us as In abstrac-
ton. and as an insulated quality; whereas
in Shakespeare all u presented In the con-
~crete-that Is IN say, not brought forward
in relief, as by some effort of an anatomi-
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think - highly ~ these critics Of his dra.
matte merit, but still think 1t secondary
He was Q full man, who liked to talk: a;
brain exhaiing thoughts and images. which
seeking vent. found the drama next =,
hand. Had he been less we should havs
had to consider how we'll he filled his place
how good . dramatist he was-and hs 1,
the best in the world. But it turns on,
that what he has to say is of that weigh,
as to withdraw some attention from the
vehicle; and he is like some saint who's.
history is TO be rendered into all languages.
into verse and prose, into songs aud bic.
lures and cut up into proverbs; 80 ina,
the occasion which gave the saints mean.
ing the form OF a conversation. or Of a
prayer, or Of a code OF laws. is immater.a,
compared with the universality Of its an.
plication. So II fares with the wise Shake.
spcare in his book Of life. lie wrote the
airs for all nj modern music; he wrote
the text Of modern life; the text Of man.
ners; he drew the man of England ana
Europe; the father Of the man in America.
me drew the man and described the day
and what Is done In It; he read the hearts
Of men and women, their probity and
their second thought, and wiles; the wlies
of innocence n the transitions by which
virtues and vices slide into their contra.
ries; he could divide the mothers part from
the fathers part In the face Of the ohild,
or draw the fine demarcations Of freedom
and Of fate; he knew the laws Of repres.
sion which make the police Of nature. and
all the sweets and all the terrors Of hu.
man lot lay in his mind as truly but u
softly as the landscape lies on the ~.
And the importance Of this wisdom Of lie
sinks the form. as Of drama or epic. out Il
notice. 'Tis like making Q question con-
corning the paper on which . kings me-.
sage u written. .
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have passed through their minds N the
occasion. and have been observed bv 9TH
ers, passed through his, and is made known
to the reader. I may add in passing. that
Shakespeare always gives the best direc-
tons for the costume and carriage Of his
heroes. Thus. to take one example, Ophelia
gives the account OF Hamlet; and as Ophe-
liza had seen Hamlet, l should think her
word ought to be taken against that Of any
modern authority.
How. after this airy, fantastic idea OF ir-
regular grace and bewildered melancholy,
any one can play Hamlet. as We have seen
il played, with strut. and stare and antic
right angled sharp pointed gestures, 1t is
difficult to say. unless it be that Hamlet
is not bound. by the prompter's cue. to
study the part Of Ophelia.
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Shakespeareas al ramatist
BY SAMUEL TAYLOR CoLERIDcE.
THE stage in Shakespeare's time was
a naked room with a blanket for Q
curtain; but he made II a field for

" HE stage in Shakespeare's time was
a naked room with a blanket for q
curtain; but he made 1t a field for
monarchs. That law Of unity,
which has its foundations. not in the
fictitious necessity Of custom, but in
nature itself, the unity Of feeling. Is every
where and at all times observed by
Shakespeare in his plays.
Read Romeo and Juliet"-all Ia youth
and sprins-youth with its follies. its
virtues, its precipitancies; spring with its
odours, its flowers and its transiency: 1t
Ia one and the same feeling that COM
mences, goes through AM ends the Llay.
The old men. the Capulets and Non!agues.
are not common old men, they have an eager
ness, a heartiness. a vehemencc, the effect Of
spring: with Romeo. his change of passion,
his sudden marriage and his rash d"ath are
all the effects OF youth, while In juliet
love has all that In tender ana melancholy
In the nightingale. all that Is voluptucus In
the rose, with whatever IL sweet IN the
freshness Of spring, hut II ends with a
long deep sigh like the last breeze Of the
Italian evening. This unity OF feeling and
character pervades every drama Of Shake
spcare.
IT seems to me that his plays are dis
tinguishcd from those of all other ramati
pOetS by the IOIIOWllti CIh IaSteTietI-S'
!. Expectation IN rref-renr" IL surprise
II is like the true reading Of the passage
God said. Let there he light, and there
was light"-not, there was light. As the
feeling with which We s,artle Of a shooting
star compared with that OF watching the
sunrise at the preestablished moment, such
and so low is surprise compared witt ex-
pectation.
2. Signal adherence to the great law OF
nature, that all opposites tend to attract
and temper each other. Passion In Shake
speare generally displays libertinism, but
involves morality. and IL there are excep-
tons to this they are, independently Of
their intrinsic value. all Of them indicative
Of individual character, and. like the farewell
admoniuons Of . parent. have a. end
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The Supreme Delineator
of Character
By THOMAS DE QUINCY,
Ensland's Greatest Essayist.

r N the gravest sense 1t may be af-
firmed Of Shakespeare that he Is
i among the modern luxuries Of life;
that life, In fact. Is "a new thing,
and one more to be coveted, since Shake
speare has extended the domain of human
consciousness. and pushed its dark from
tiers into regions not SO much AS dimly
deserted or even suspected before his
time, far less illuminated las now they
are) by beauty and tropical luxuriance
Of life. For instance, a single instance,
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naoons Novum Organum. That is true,
ana II IS not a truth that strikes every one.
~ would become more apparent IL we tried,
any or w for himself. how out of Shake
speaIes materials We could
fashion Il a result!
The built house seems all so TT, every
way as it should he, as il it came there
by its own law and the nature of things:
We forget the rude disordcrly quarry II was
shaped from. The very perfection of the
house, al II Nature herself had made II,
hides the builders merit. Perfect, more
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Shakespeare, the Full Man
BY RALPH WALDO EMERSON.

COME able and approaching critics
think no criticism of Shakcspcare
~ valuable that docs not rest purely
on the diamatic merit: that he n
falsely Judged a. poet ana philosopher.
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Shakespeare the Supreme
Poet
By THOMAS CARLYLE.

~ this shakespeare or ours, perhaps
the opinion one sometimes hears a
" little idolatrously expressed is, In
fact. the right one; | think the
best judgment cot Of this country only, but
Of Europe at large. is slowly pointing to
the conclusion, that Shakespeare is the
chief of all Poets hitherto: the greatest
intellect VINO, in our recorded world. has
left record Of himself in the way Of
Literature.
on the whole. ! know not such a power
OF vision, faculty Of thought. il We take all
the characters of it. in any other man.
Such a ca!mness Of depth, placid joyous
strength; all things imaged "a that great
soul of his so true and clear. as IN "a
tranquil unfathomable sea! II has been
said, that in the constructing Of Shake
speare's Dramas there is, apart from all
other faculties" as they are called. an
understanding manifested, equal to that in
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indeed one which in itself is a world OF
new revelation. tho possible beauty OF
the female character had not been seen
as In u dream before Shakespeare called
int perfect life the radiant shapes of
Desdemona. OF ImoGcn. Of lIcrmoine. OF
Fcrdita, OF Ophelia, of Miranda and many
others. The Una Of Spenser, earlier by
ten or fifteen years than most Of these,
WAS M idealized portrait Of female inno-
cence and virgin purity, but too shadowy
and unreal for a dramatic reality. And.
~ to the 0reciaa classlcA let noG the
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Deutschland Sailors at White House.

Washington, July 13.-Six seamen
from the German submarine mer-
chairman Deutschland came over
from Baltimore to-day and were ell
tertained at the White House and
the Navy Department. A White
House attache showed them through
the East, Blue and Red rooms, the
cabinet room and President Wilson s
private office.
One Of the youngsters asked per-
mission to sit in the Presidents chair
at the head Of the cabinet table and
he did 1t while his comrades grinned
appreciation. All were much inter
ested in the war maps showing the
positions Of the armies in Europe
and they pointed with pride to the
names Of their home towns in Ger.
many.
At the Navy Department Assistant
Secretary Roosevelt received the Wis.
itors and congratulated them in Ger
man upon their voyage. They in.
spected historic naval relics in Sec.
retary Daniels office, including tie
flag Of the American submarine FL
which sank near Honolulu with q
men.
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In accordance with Section 1742,
Civil Code of South Carolina, 1912,
and pursuant to an order of the
County Board Of Education of Oco-
nee County, South Carolina, notice is
hereby given that Special Election
will be held at the school house, in
Boone's Creek School District, No. SO
(42-3), on Saturday, July 20, 1916,
for the purpose of voting upon the
question OF 'ovy'ng 2 special tax Of
two mills on the real and personal
property in said district for school
purposes.
At said election each ciector favor
ing the proposed levy shall cast
ballot containing the word Eyes"
printed or written thereon, and each
elector opposed to said levy shall
cast a ballot containing the word
"No" printed or written thereon.
At the said election only such
electors as return real or personal
property for taxation, and who ex-
hibit their tax receipts and registra-
tion certificates as required in gene
raj elections, shall be allowed to vote.
Polls will be opened at o'clock
a. m. and will close at 4 o'clock p. III.
A. j. HEATON,
p. 4. STEWART,
]. d. BROWN,
Trustees Of Boone's Creek School
District, Managers of Election.
July 12, 1916. 27-28
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MAKES LIGHT WITHOUT HEAT.
Process Said to Have Been DiscOv-
cred by Il Frencllnlnn.

Paris, July 14.-The substitution
OF paper rolls for celluloid films in
moving picture machines is made pos
sible by the new "cold" light discov-
cred by the French engineer, Dus-
saul, which is described to the Acad-
emy Of Science by Prof. Branley,
with whom Dussaul studied. The new
light is obtained by automatic sepa-
ration Of heat rays from luminous
rays which occur together in all
sources of light hitherto known to
science.
The quest Of an absolutely pure
light devoid Of all heat long has been
one of the great problems Of modern
physics. The electric light is the
nearest approach to this ideal, but
far from it, as it gives off a certain
amount of heat.
Nj. Daussaul has been working on
this problem for many years. The
light obtained by his method is so
intense that it is possible to throw
images from newspaper Illustrations,
picture post cards and Photographic
prints on screen even in n lighted
room as clearly and sharply as if
they were glass lantern slides.
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Three Children Drown In Ga. River

Valdosta, Ga, July 13.-Three
children Of II. B. Phillips, Of Stock
ton, Ga.-IIenry, aged IA; Elizabeth,
10, and boy 2--were drowned in
the Alapaha river there late to-day
according to message received at
this place. Mrs. Phillips, who was
with the children when they waded
into what they believed to be shall
low lagoon made by tho rivers re-
cent overflow, narrowly escaped
death. Parties have gone from Nay
lor and Stockton to recover the
bodies.
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Announcement

Beginning the last Monday in July,
the 31st, the Rabun Gap Industrial
School will take about go boys and
girls who want Il place where they
can he III school and pay for their
board and tuition with their work.
The form Of application and terms
quest.
a. j. RITCHIE, President,
y Rabun Gap, Georgia.
July II, 1915. 1881
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through one of the periscopes ana de-
clared that he could see the sur
rounding scenery, greatly magnified,
with amazing clearness.
The device was adjustable" he
said, "for both long and short dist
ance observation. 1t did not seem
to me as | looked into it that was
in the submarine at all. felt as II
were in an aeroplane on a wonder
fully clear day"
Loavcs OF German War Bread.
Dr.. Travers emerged through the
coming tower, holding in his hand
two loaves OF German war bread pre-
scnted by the captain as q souvenir.
Canned meats and fruits were the
crews staple food, and with the ex-
ception OF their loss of weight, due
to the oily atmosphere, In the opin-
ion of the health officers, the crew
to a man was physically fit.
Il never saw better set up men
than these" said the doctor.
All OF her 3l5 feet Of greenish
gray hull was standing we'll above the
water as the Deutschland was towed
to her dock. 1t was before 7 o'clock
in the morning and rain was falling
steadily, but there was a big, eagerly
curious crowd awaiting. The big
craft appeared like some giant fish
OF the deep, with two periscopes for
eyes. Her main superstructure
reached full 15 feet above the water
line. Amidships the coming tower
extended still higher, and above all
lowered the major periscope. On the
starboard side an emergency peri
scope was ready. Three hatchways
lead below decks, one forward, one
aft and the main hatchway extend
ing through the coming tower amid
ships.
Extraordinary precautions have
been taken to protect the Deutsch-
land. When she reached her dock an
army Of guards drove away all river
ei"it oho d huSe CHdlH VI loSS was
drawn around. her to prevent vessels
from approaching within a hundred
feet. On the land side Of the dock
high board fence reaching far into
the river had been erected On top
Of the fence are half dozen rows of
heavy barbed wire and curtained
with burlap to shut off all view. No
one without a permit was allowed
near the entrance.
my orders are from my home gov
ernment," said Capt Koenig. mo
one can go aboard without authority.
am sorry. would like the whole
world to see."