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methods Of administering justice and
treating prisoners, life at the inns,
strolling players and puppet shows,
the life of shepherds, the influence OF
the church and monks, and the strug-
gle between Mohammedans and
Christians are all drawn from Ger
vantes' own experience and observa-
ton.
Senior Tomas treats Cervantes in a
friendly, intimate way, calling him
Miguel, and sympathetically Identify
ing himself with his troubles. He
writes affectingly of his hero's final
days and death. THE priest MARCH,
Ia, friend and patron Of Cervantes,
came to his bedside to keep up his
spirits with pleasant gossip and forti-
fly his hopes by bidding him die well.
His friends words came to Miguels
ears; but the rough edge Of the priests
exhortations, which combined threats
of He'll, with promises of Heaven, did
not rasp the serenity of his thoughts;
and he smiled gently, but undeceived,
when they spoke to him of earthly
hopes. On the second day of April
1616) he entered the Third Order of
st. Francis. It may have been
the counsels of the priest, anxious to
guide him into heavenly paths, which
induced him to assume the habit of
the Third Order. Or it may have
been the example of those who called
to him IN voices which he alone could
hear" Cervantes shared the tragedy
of many great men who have reaped
no rewards in their lifetimes. but
have been acclaimed long after praise
or blame could no longer delight or
injure them He was not lauded
either in life or in death by the fash
toner's Of fame, by those who grant
credentials as a fine writer In ex-
change for community singing Of
their own praises But his work was
not swept away by time, like that Of
so many who refused to believe in his
genius"
A REFERENCE GUIDE TO THE
STUDY OF PUBLIC OPINION.
BY Harwood L. Childs. Princeton:
Princeton University Press.
DUBLIC opinion, so often quoted, so
= deferred to by politicians, is a
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The subjects of the lectures pro-
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human traits, culture, institutions.
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