Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-04-23
sIIAkISspEsiIsE.

three hundfedth anniversary Of the
death Of william Shakespeare. the
greatest literary light the world ever
has produced probably the greatest
the world ever Will produce Much OF
uncertainty clusters about the figure
Of Shakespeare his character and
his work. Because Of lack of schol-
arship and the, scholarly manner IN
which his vast range Of tragedies ana
comedies are treated, many Thought
ful people believe the writings credit
ed to him were really produced by
Lord bacon, the most learned man of
his time
10 add d touch Of comedy TO the
Bacon Shakespeare controversy al
learned Judge In one Of the Chicago
courts has Just solemnly adiudcated
that.
",The claim Of friends OF Francis
Bacon that he Is the author Of the
works u Shakespeare and facts and
circumstances in the vast biblipg-
FHHHN VI AUf hVfttfRNFiHa FftA ttAt
question and proofs submitted here
In. convJnees the court that Francis
Bacon is the author
Fortunately for history Judge Tut
hills decision IL not from the court
Of last resort, therefore can not be
regarded AS contributing anything on
the subject which literary men will
regard as authoritative. Ben Johnson, /
who was personal friend Of Shakes
peare, regarded the Bard Of Avon az
the author Of the plays credited to
him. though he tells us that Shakes !
peure Knew little Latin and less
Greek"
Jonson. who was ten years younger
than Shakespeare aud outlived him
twenty-one years, left the following |
tribute 70 the great poets memory:
soul of the age
Tn appIausel delight the wonder Of /
our stage
My Shakespeare. rise! will not lodge
thee by
chaueer. or Spencer, or bid Beaumont
lie
A little further to make thee room;
Thou art "a monument, without n
tomb,
And art alive still. while my book live.
And We have wits 10 read, and praise |
TO give"
Jonson. In the same memorial po-
en-, said Of Shakespeare
''iIe was not Of an age, but for all
time"
Milton, born in Shakespeare time
and who died half century after
Shakespeare death, said Of him.
'Dear son Of memory, great heir Of
fame,
What needst thou such weak witness
Of thy name"
And pfydea. born only fifteen years
after Shakespeare had ceased toll
write. left this tribute TO him;
Shakespeare, who Caught by money |
did first lmpart
To Fletcher wit~-to lqbouring Jonson /
art
lie, monafeh-lilse. gave those, his sub
iectH law;
And is that nature which they paint
and draw.
These men, entirely familiar with |
the writings OF Lord Bacon and
knowing all that was TO be known of
shakespeare's mental habits, had no
doubt that he was the author of the /
works which bear his name. sirt
Philip Sidney wins was one Of
ofonleH, also paid a |
tribute 10 his life and genius
Such evidence might be multiplied In
definitely.
1.-The great geniuses who knew him,
worked with him. got drunk with
him not nfreauently saw nothing In i
congruous between the writings as
erbed to him and the ability Of the
man with whom they conversed FREE
dueutly and intimately
With the same logic. Il Is not im-
probable that people three centuries
hence VIII raise the question as to
whether Abraham Lincoln, the man I
without schooling, was able to pro-
duce his Incompatible "Gettyshurs
Address and Second inaugural.
The fact IL, that only the greatest
af Lord Baeon's known writings
touch, in point Of ability. the worst
Of Shakespeare. While the greatest
OF shakespeafe's are incomparably |
above the greatest of Lord naeon's
Taken all in all. Shakespeare Is the
premier In the field of literature, COM
sidefed from the times Of Homer to
the present day, Ills mind was an
ocean whose waves Tapped every shore
OF knowledge Like Everest he tow
ers high above all other heights. He
is supreme
mi IN. Del