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Auttaja. [volume] (Ironwood, Mich.) 1906-19??, 1919-02-06

bettdfo0n aaffoSluotalfa ia lppetefta-
toon rippitouluIuotalle. Idin pdds-
tam tabbefiaSia ~ipuobesSa (iiind
aiasia jolloin Iapiemme pleenfd tap>
mat p~pbdioulusia) bpipdsti ia fun-
nolliiesti aapinen, raamatunbistorid.
fattismus ia ipield jofu eipanieiinmi>
fin Idpi. Sulemme piattoin inlfaife-
maan pleiien iuunnitelmm. iesta
Aafees miten palion iuaafin spisonna
oliii cbpittdipd.
4.-S1Sm1Ilifpps. Ypbdfonlun
tlllce tebod tpotd tdsmdllfesti. {. o.
opettaiien tulee ola iddrm0llfesti
IlotaIIa. Gi mi&6dn ipie icuIua
enemmdn alas fitin opettaiier EdGns
mottSmpbs; &c ivic oppilaistatin ba-
Inn tebSd fumollista tpotd Idffpien
paImistufiesia. Guistettafoon tue
ma apiiusti.
g. @oulufuri. OppiIaitten ON
opittaapa fdbttdptpm66n ppbdsoulus-
ia iiitposti. aiia toriamtuu feuraas
~fpasti: Spettaiista frfin iu~uurolIaau
tulee touluur noin piioIituntia al
.toiSemumin iuim foulu altaa ia pit6d
buolen fiitd. eta oppiIaat eiapdt faA
meIlastaa fOulusio; FIFTEEN tiinniIIa
on pantaipa furi fdDtdntoon. &. q
pois fouIusta ieIIaiuen sppiIas. iUEn
eli alistu iparoitufiista buolimatta Ne
tumaan biliaa. @din meneteIIen Op-
pilaan tuaubemmat punttrapat aiiaa
ia ennenpittdd tho paba oppiIas spoi
ola Iuotan filtcin. GbelIeen tuIee'
pitdd tartta buoIi jiitd. eta oppi1aqt
menepdt idrjestpfiesid tOrtlusta ella
fuin Iampaat; tdnd faaoaan qitaam
fuu ppettaiut pbbcsid aiian jdrieStas
ipGt.
g. Sluutiile ipdlmistaltuminen-
'Opettnjicn OH Observation-Disclosures
tumrcilIe. Mutta t6an6n tafia OF
iban tpdlttdmdt0nt6. eta pibetGdr
opettajien pbteiiid
Auttaja. [volume] (Ironwood, Mich.) 1906-19??, 1919-02-06

..aapttaptbtaida 1'e ipaifelinmin
arippn mafaiiesti''. 3ain teboittaa
meita apostoli. M,iista 3iis, efuan-
!ceIinen tristittp, .ettst ar,Ha aibetta
pilftqajiHe. Sloon Seeius eiifus
iuamme. @aeltataamI,e Sdnen ial-
jisiGdi, fun olemme Iapiifii padsieet
odneu tuolemania fauttd.
Auttaja. [volume] (Ironwood, Mich.) 1906-19??, 1919-02-06

ola tee Htd MIDI iinusta t,nis
thu oitealta ia bppdltd, apaan iita
mifd Sumala on tdStenpt iinun teb-
&c.
Auttaja. [volume] (Ironwood, Mich.) 1906-19??, 1919-02-06

THE AIM OF THIS NEWSPAPER
L.: To help preserve the ideals n
sacred traditions of this. our adopt:
cd country, the United States OF
America: To revere its laws ana
iuspire others to respect and obey
them: To strive increasingly 10
quicken the public's sense OF civic
DUTY: In MI ways TO aid in making
chs country greater and better than
We found it.
Auttaja. [volume] (Ironwood, Mich.) 1906-19??, 1919-02-06

30 f- -
SiIfoou tnfann lulIfo- pIefumSa
Min oppiuat. eta bin oliii ipoimis
tebtdspddnid Imam barioitrsta. Sos
eli muiten iospi. min fofoonnuttaioou
euiteu p~pbdtoiIlun aItomista barioi-
tiitiiin. 8armaa tpain ON. eta j1r@
~jeStpfieen fuiluu o~pettaiien barisi-
tustotoittiet ia ie pioettdfo6at urieIesr
ia. a ta
4. Opetustnpa& - Spetustopa pp-.
batuuIitsia tulee ola fyieletpad, :. o.
epettaian OH ieltpipbbttitpd Idtfpstd
fpielemdlld. Sdmd ipaatii tpna tais
toa ia iitiipG itiein iaafin tmrlla ope-
tufien oleipau .iaarnaamistaY; iaars
naaminen OH met helpompaa fuin
fpielelminen. &utta pppilaat tatpoI-
liiesti rutflipat tai fuieileipot ,faars
nan aifana, iotadpastoin fpfelemis-
tapa pitdd beibdt bereilld. /, &pipnbtT
iet ebtpdt auitenfaan Iaa Ola a., E.
ION" ia ..ei" .tpipmbfii6; totfin ia
toen. eli iaa tebbd elm. tdIloifia ,fpe
ipmbtiid: ,,OIifo Mooses Sumalan
mies?" SdIIaRet tsibmpFet eipat
pane oSpiIasta e%niintd6n tp11on.
tpaal opettaia it{e ioutuu naIlriln-
daidetii. @ooiesesta piibuesfa ,pois
Il te5Sd elm. tdIIaiien tpipmptien:
@ifd tooistaa @ooietien oIIeen Su-
maIan mieben? Saana tDfpmbs on
tietbsti taballifesti aietettu laaiapes
raifeti, jotta oppilaat faiiitpat hiobo
ellie cri piiplia @oofeticn eISmdstd.
STpmbstdmme apoiii pottia tuieId-
In eri puoliIta, mitta r~iittdf0;55n tdr
MA itdGnfiin o~lustufiefii. Slenme
apamnat. ettd jos alGit1tin pbieito
ieittattaiiiin. ppbatoilutb0 olifi bal
ioa parenumalIa fannalla tuin ie MT
on.
2opetanune tdmdn firiotelmamme
tdlld tertaa iilfd toiiuomufielIa. eta
%hsfoipaiie ct eri ieuratunnisia o%ttaifis
auat p~pbdfoulutbon on,atii afiafeen.
Sos Observation-Disclosures" or rdffaut-
ia tabdn tbobon, milf Ell FIFTEEN sis
nhila, iota tilnnet ailtiiuteii ,@aritian
tperesfd ia iota tiebdt mita lapfifre
on opetettaipal
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1919-08-15

F. M. West of Hinsdale was in the
city Wednesday.
Ed Byrum was in the city from
Lismas Saturday.
MI. and Mrs. H. Felland were down
from Glentana Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. H. Mcneil of Nash
VA were in the city Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chris Jensen of Pop
lar were Glasgow visitors Sunday.
Ed Conant has resigned his posi-
ton as cashier at the local freight Of
flee.
fluff" Prentice left for Fargo, N.
OAK, Tuesday morning on a business
trip.
Mrs. Ralph Gilmore of Oswego was
a Glasgow visitor the fore part of the
week.
Opheim plays the Glasgow nine on
! the local diamond Sunday. The game
will be called at 8 o'clock.
George Kelly was here from Poplar
Sunday and assisted the local root
ers at the ball game.
Mr.. and Mrs. Claude Moore were
here from Wolf Point Sunday to take
in the ball game.
S. ]. Rumble left for Spokane the
fore part of the week on business.
Senator ]. L. Slattery returned from
Helena yesterday morning where he
had been in attendance at the special
legislative session.
Pat Mullis and Bob Hill have recent
ly purchased the Strand theatre at
Poplar and will take possession the
first of September.
Mrs. Walton, mother of E. L. Wal
ton, county attorney of Roosevelt
county, passed away at Rochester,
Mimi, last week following an opera
ton for cancer of the bowels.
Mr.. and Mrs. Pat Sisk lefa for
the east Monday morning. They will
tour the states of Wisconsin and Min
nesota looking for a new location, as
they do not expect to return to Glas-
gov.
Wolf Point and Poplar played a
fast game of ball at Poplar Wednes-
day evening, the game resulting in a
tie, the score being 2 to 2. The game
was called at the end of the ninth in.
ming so as to enable the Wolf Point
! aggregation to catch No. 3 for home,
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1919-08-15
MeUS in
0ndAb0ut
Toun
Local BreDiitieS

Chas. H. Reid was down from OPP
helm Sunday.
w. B. Shoemaker returned from
Helena Wednesday morning.
The Log House, insurance and real
estate. Orval E. Mason. Mgr.
Sam Ellsworth attended the horse
sale at Miles City last week.
Mrs. Roy Gordon was a Glasgow
caller from Nashua Monday.
William Hyner Of Saco transacted
business in the city Wednesday.
Verne Mcintyre of Hinsdale was in
the city on business Wednesday.
Byron Hurry of Malta was among
the out Of town visitors here We'd
nesday. :
Mrs. Louise johnson and son Ro-
man, left for Miles City Wednesday
evening.
Just received-the new Heppel-
white model Of the Edison monograph
at $155.-Chas. E. Behner & Co. 16
GuICOI 1<Odu MdIlH VI ILc OSW6SO
Reporter, transacted business here the
fore part of the week.
Mrs. H. M. Mcintyre left for Great
Falls Monday morning to attend the
i Methodist conference.
Mrs. John l.. Slattery spent the
fore part of the week at Culbertson
visiting with her sister, Mrs. Brooks.
Better be safe than sorry. Insure
your property now with the Otto M.
Christinson Land Co., consolidated
with the Johnson Farm Loan Co. stiff
Miss Gladys Memminger is visit
ing her mother this week and expects
to leave for St. Paul tomorrow morn
ing.
Pat Mullis was in the city the fore
part of the week. He returned from
France about-a month ago and has
resumed his position with the Great
Northern, making his headquarters
+! at Wolf Point.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1919-08-15

Livestock insured against death
from any ause. Log House. If
w. H. Porter of Frazer transacted
business here Tuesday.
r. T. Amel, was down from Opheim
the fore part of the week.
Mrs. G. R. Stewart was a Glasgow
visitor from Nashua Monday.
]. A. Hentz of Thoeny was in the
city the fore part of the week.
Miss Vivian Vagg of Saco is visit
ing her aunt, Mrs. S. C. Small.
N. c. Nordgren of Redstone was in
the city the fore part of the week.
Gerry Kelly has accepted a posi-
ton as operator at the Orpheum thea
tire.
Pat Macy, sheriff of Roosevelt
county, transacted business here on
Wednesday.
Eddie Fitch has been mustered out
of the service and returned home
Monday evening.
Miss Georgia E. Scott, United States
ANiu Ao1AA4Il1oSIOIleI dG 1loIlCdud, was
a Glasgow visitor this week.
W. B. Klee and family left for
Havre Wednesday morning where they
will make their future home.
The second annual meeting of the
Northeastern Montana Farmers Aud.
iting association was held at Plenty
wood last week.
Representative Sektnan returned
from Helena Monday morning where
he had been in attendance at the spe-
cial session Of the legislature.
Is your house insured? If not, see
the Otto M. Christinson Land Co., on
s0lidated with the Johnson Farm Loan
Co. a III
r. c. Woodward of Helena is Wis
iting at the w. w. Hurd residence,
He recently returned from overseas
and will resume his studies at the
Mount st. Charles college this fall.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1919-08-15

Roundup oil field soon to be pro-
Queer.
Cut Bank to get $4,000 brick bust
ness building.
Cut Bank-Cement sidewalks and
curbs planned at cost of $4,000.
Libby-Burlingham saw mill on
Parmenter creek to resume after 3
years.
Observation-Disclosures Packing CON-
pany let's $1000,0 900 contract for first
unit Of modern packing plant.
Dillon-Big Hole Basin greenest
spot in state. Hay prospects in IA
nous valley very good.
New England displaces 5000, 600
tons coal with oil this year.
Road improvement spirit is strong
err and farther advanced in Montana
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1919-08-15

AL Grissom returned this week from
an extensive trip in the east.
Mac Kyle and Attorney Sandlie mo-
tored down from Saco Sunday.
j. E. Arnot transacted business in
Malta the fore part of the week.
Miss Mile Caves of Malta is visit
ing with her sister, Mrs. Anderson.
DR.. A. N. Smith left for Glacier
park Tuesday for a visit with his fam
, lily.
Will S. Denham, representing the
Ellison-White c~hautauqua, is in the
city today.
Rev. R. H. Stone left for Great
Falls Monday morning to attend the
annual Montana Methodist confer
ence.
The Methodists defeated the court
house ball team in an interesting game
last Friday evening by the score of
10 to 10.
N. R. Underwood, formerly cashier
at the local freight office, has accep-
ted a position in Hinsdale as manager
for the Equity Cooperative %associa-
ton.
H. J. Hellekson ard son Irwin of
Scobey were in the city Wednesday.
Young Hellekson recently returned
home from overseas.
The Oliver Kent patrol Of the Boy
Scouts spent last week camping at
Kent's ranch across the Missouri and
at Peck's point. The boys had a very
enjoyable time and are looking for
ward to their next outing.
STOCKMEN: 200 tons of alfalfa
hay, 300 tons of rough feed and $50
acres of land, one-half under irriga-
ton. This is what we have to sell
in the Lower Yellowstone Valley, near
Sidney. Investigate if you want a
bargain.-Pioneer Loan and Realty
Company, Sidney, Mont. 14-41c
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1919-08-15
State Topics

August 11.-Hardin-Within a short
time Mountain States Telephone &
Telegraph company will construct new
telephone line from Billings through
Hardin to Sheridan, Wyo.
Divide-541 acre ranch, 23O head
cattle and 400 to hay sells neal here
for $4,000.
Valentine-Oil seepage found in
deep water we'll near Brooks ranch,
six miles from here.
With the worlds copper business
controlled by American producers and
refiners and a prospective demand for
the metal exceeding anything hereto
fore known, the copper states can
look forward confidently to many
years Of prosperity.
Great Falls-Building permits total
$4,000 here in two weeks.
Mining activity pronounced around
Helena and Clancy. Many old mines
are being reopened. Great Falls cap
ital working the Blue Bird.
Kalispell-Flathead wheat goes 10
to IS bushels to the acre.
Hardin-Assessed valuation of Big
Horn county. 1862, 029; does not in
clude railroad %vavluation of $3,0OO,-
900.
Roundup-Drilling resumed in Tri-
CITY well in Women's Pocket,
Ronan-Flathead Independent Tel
ephone company to erect new office
soon.
Helena-20 per cent reduction in
water rates of Monidah Trust COM
pany approved by commission.
Butte-Work started on new school
building.
Lewistown-Judith Moccasin COM
pany incorporated for $4,000.
Roundup-Big development il
roundup field. Large quantities of sup.
plies sent to district; work progress.
ing.
Butte-Inland Empire Aerial Train.
ing Corporation incorporated for $50,
900. Will deal in airplanes and auto
mobiles.
Record hog prices reached the pas
week at Seattle, $23.75.
Helena-Ore testing plant resumes
operation. Treating ore from Lump
Gulch district and Valley Forge at
Rimini.
Polson-Deway Lumber company
now running double shift.
Buttestreet car fares increased or
August l from 6 to Z cents, or 6N
cents for tickets when sold in blocks
of four or multiples thereof.
Billings-Clearing house for use Of
Montana stockmen in conducting sales
and finding feed established here.
Dillon-Great deal of livestock be.
ing shipped out of county due te
shortage of hay and ranges.
Helena Observation-Disclosures, con
victed socialist, says he prefers the
l. w. w. to the American Federation
of Labor, because the Wobblies are
"class conscious" Yes, to the ex
tent of smashing employers machinery
and burning forests and farmers hay
stacks.
Observation-Disclosures & Skinner Co
incorporates for $4,000.
Total value of equipment and ma.
terial sent into state from fedora
government is 100000.
Missoula-Work starts on new
$20O,O 600 theatre building.
Ronan-13,O0O acres irrigated OF
Flathead this season.
Almost t%Wo-thirds of Manganese min
ed in United States was produced il
Montana.
Wolf Point-Large new auditorium
and pleasure palace being erected here
B%olsheviks, l. w. WIS. and radica
socialists find themselves to be quite
as useless to society as the fifth whee
of a wagon.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1919-08-15
DIR. KRONER.

Eyesight Specialist of Helena, who
examines your eyes by the most sci
entific methods and carries a complete
line of Ground Lens, all the latest
ideas in frames and mountings, will
be in Glasgow Friday and Saturday,
August 20 and 80, at the Shannon no.
tel. 15-4t
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1919-08-15
An Old Fault Finder.

An irritable and fault finding dispo-
sition is often caused by indigestion.
A man with good digestion and bowels
that act regularly is usually good ma
tured. When troubled with indiges-
ton or constipation take Chamberlain's
Tablets. They strengthen the stom-
ach and enable it to perform its func-
lions naturally. They also cause a
gentle movement of the bowels.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1919-08-15

than in Colorado and Wyoming, says
H. w. Child in a recent interview at
Denver.
Butte-Porphyry dixie mill to close
on account Of water shortage. Treat
ment of 800 tons of gold ore daily
will stop because operations cuts in
on Helena's water supply.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1919-08-15

WANTED-Two rooms for light
housekeeping to accommodate two
high school girls. Address box SO,
Tampico. Mont. 16-2tpd
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1919-08-15

FOR SALE-Bed, davenport, office
table, refrigerator, kitchen table and
chair. Inquire No. G., Jensen Apart
ments. 1t-pd
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1919-08-15

GET YOUR TYPEWRITER SUP
plies from the Courier office. We
handle the best grades of carbons and
ribbons.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1919-08-15

FOR SALE OR TRADE-1O-2O horse
Case tractor with plows. In fine
working condition. A snap if taken
at once. Inquire of c.. o. Knight.
lotto
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1919-08-15

ONE SECTION OF LAND-In the ia
nous Rainy River region, for sale
at $40 an acre. Good land for grain
farming or stock raising. An abun-
dance of the best of water. Good
roads and drainage. Will accept stock
in whole or part payment. Answer at
once. DR.. Duggan, Grand Forks, N.
Oak. 13-4tpd
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1919-08-15

OLD HENS FOR sALE-22c live, csc
dressed; delivered any time. Phone
No. 21. lotto
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1919-08-15

LOST-Suit of clothes on lower road
between Glasgow and Nashua. Re-
turn to Nifty Tailor Shop for reward.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1919-08-15

FOR SALE-Piano in perfect condi-
tion.-Mrs. George Plant. 15-tf
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1919-08-15

FOR ALFALFA HAY-Write or wire
Stuart Coburn, Yakima, Wash.
15-6t-pd.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1919-08-15
Classified Business Locals

Rates: One Cent a word for each insertion. Minimum charge. Csc. Name
and address count IS part Of ad. Forms close Thursday night.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1919-08-15

COOK WANTED-For Luncheonette.
Inquire G. E. Alsop. 14-tf
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-06-08
Dante After Armageddon

great men are never old. In times Of
stress each one to his own hero, human
or divine. "In these days following the
war;" says Mr.. Sedgwick, 1--WE must turn
more than ever to the great spiritual lead
ers, such as Dante We are Gv-
ing through period that seems the handi-
work of the Spirit of Evil, as if the Al
mighty had said TO Satan, Put forth thine
hand; behold, all that man hath is within
thy power and we turn to the great spir-
itual leaders of the world as never before.
For many the traditional doctrines Of
Christianity have lost much, or all, of
their power; the comfort that depends
upon supernatural virtue has lost its
soothing; and the precepts Of stoicism are
not enough to give us courage to look
upon the world as we see it. For
these reasons some persons may find some
use for a primer which leaves learning on
one side and busies itself with Dante as a
poet and a believer in eternal righteous
ness"
Dante is thus an appeal to the layman
and the poet rather than to the scholar. 1t
is written by a man who worships the
lover of Beatrice, the husband of Comma
Donati, the member of the -Florentine
Guild of Physicians and Apothecaries
(which makes Dante Alighieri a good
union mani, the author Of the Vita Nuora
and the godlike creator Of the Dirind
worships him as one of ths
Sons of Light. worships him 10 the nth
degree, whose faith in his grandeur and
spiritual import knows not the shadow Of
turning.
"The Bible aside" saws Mr.. Sedgwick,
ain the whole range Of literature what sin
gle book is there that in height, depth and
amplitude of thought, in ethical, philo-
soph;cal and religious interest, in inten-
sitv and variety Of human drama, can
match the Diriac Comedy?" He proclaims
it greater than the Iiidd, the Odyssey,
Paradise Lost, the tragedies of Shake
speare and Don Quirote. A matter of the
palate of the Imagination. Great men
there be, or were, who have spurned
Dante Was it Mark Twain or William
Dean Howells who confessed he had
never read Dante, and, what was more,
never expected tot
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-06-08

There is one great cycle of poems, how
ever, that Mr.. Sedgwick has overlooked
in his dithyrambic alteration of the Mage
OF Florence, and that is The Legend Of
the Centuries of Victor Hugo. AS a
panorama Of the cycle of man on the star
Earth, as a poetic epic of the ascension,
or rather evolution, of Homo, as sublime
vision from Horebic heights and neither
most bells 1 believe this, with Goethe's
Faust, to be the greatest production OF
human mind. And if one is looking for
spiritual content" Ito use the jargon Of
primary school minds) it is implicit in the
story and the epilogue. Personally
would not exchange my paper covered
The Legend Of the Centuries or my yellow
back The Temptation Of Saint Anthony
(both drafts) of Gustave Flaubert, or nv
Bayard Taylor's Faust for the Dirina
Commedia bound in radium and engraved
on the silken wings of the Archangels, as
much as / worship the sublime Florentine.
But l have no quarrel with Mr.. Sedgwick.
One never quarrels with lover or the
adorer of genius. Other lovers and adora-
teurs understand.
The last chapter is given up to Dante's
end. Nothing fascinates lis more than the
old age of genius. We like to watch fall
ing stars. We take an almost morbid
pleasure in watching the decay of gran
deur. 1t is wholesome perversity of the
human. What did Soandso do on his
night off? Where do the great spend
Sundays-and how? The story of Poe's
terrible end will outlast his stories, maybe:
and there will always be found the man
who will describe infinitely the idiotic pass
ing of Emerson and De Maupassant who
has never read a line of either. 1t is the
humor of fame, the irony of glory. Well,
the great Dante died of a fever while do
ing some political chores for Count Guido
The book is splendidly written, and If
you are not too old to worship him and
not too proudly iconoclastic to be taught,
and if you believe he was a greater
prophet than a poet-this book is for
you.
DANTE. BY HENRY DWIGHT SEDGwICK.
Yale University Press. $50.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-06-08
By BENJAMIN DE cAsSEREs.

THERE are certain flames in htera-
l. ture, as in history, that act on the
imagination. The more highly organized
the sensibility, the more glowing the mag
nation, the profoundcr the emotion in
the presence of genius.
Homer is one of those names. That
word conjures up instantly the gods, the
godlike, the fanfares of titanic struggles.
Its last use was to apply it to the great
French entomologist Fabre, who has
beautifully been called "the Homer of the
Ant"
Another of those torchike names is
Dante. Dante is crashing word Some
thing of the Apocalypse is in its sound.
It goes through the brain like fiery
sword wreathed with serpents. Its five
letters inclose He'll, Purgatory and
Heaven.
Why has the great Florentine outlived
the theology of the Middle Agesf Why
do we, who reject his whole cosmogony,
stand in awe of him to-dayf For the
same reason, should say, that We still
read Homer. He was poet, a magician,
a man of unearthly imagination. With
great genius the subject does not matter
the treatment of the subject is every
thing. Spencer will outlive his Synthetic
Philosophy because he was the greatest
generalzer that the human can boast Of
the Beethoven of philosophy.
So with Dante's brain. 1t rocketed to
Heaven, it plunged to He'll; and though
Heaven and Hell, in the theologic sense,
shall pass away this Fforentine's tremen-
dous flights will not. For, to paraphrase
Voltaire, had not Heaven and Hell existed
Dante would have invented them.
On the wings of terra rina he has
carried US to magic places in the heavens
of the imagination. Like SwedenbOrg. the
miracles of his visions were Of more I'M
portance than the truth Of those visions.
He gave us one Of the great fairy tales Of
the ages. Dig your own truth out of 1t !;
poets glory in his flights.
Henry Dwight Sedgwick in his Dante
rightly tells us that great subjects and