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[Griswold Memoir.]
[Without date, but appears to have been written early in 1849.]
DEAR GRISWOLD, — Your uniform kindness leads me to hope that you will attend to this little matter of Mrs. L——, to whom I truly think you have done less than justice. I am ashamed to ask favors of you, to whom I am so much indebted, but I have promised Mrs. L—— this. They lied to you, (if they told — what he says you told him,) upon the subject of my forgotten Lecture on the American Poets, and I take this opportunity to say that what I have always held in conversations about you, and what I believe to be entirely true, as far as it goes, is contained in my notice of your "Female Poets of America," in the forthcoming "Southern Literary Messenger." By glancing at what I have published about you, (Aut. in Graham, 1841; Review in Pioneer, 1843; Notice in B. Journal, 1845; Letter in Int., 1847; and the Review of your Female Poets,) you will see [page 327:] that I have never hazarded my own reputation by a disrespectful word of you, though there were, as I long ago explained, in consequence of ——'s false imputation of that beastly article to you, some absurd jokes at your expense in the Lecture at Philadelphia. Come up and see me: the cars pass within a few rods of the New York Hotel, where I have called two or three times without finding you in.
Yours truly,
[About Jan. 23.]
Faithful "Annie!" How shall I ever be grateful enough to God for giving me, in all my adversity, so true, so beautiful a friend! I felt deeply wounded by the cruel statements of your letter — and yet I had anticipated nearly all. ... From the bottom of my heart I forgive her all, and would forgive her even more. Some portions of your letter I do not fully understand. If the reference is to my having violated my promise to you, I simply say, Annie, that I have not, and by God's blessing never will. Oh, if you but knew how happy I am in keeping it for your sake, you could never believe that I would violate it. The reports — if any such there be — may have arisen, however, from what I did, in Providence, on that terrible day — you know what I mean: — Oh — I shudder even to think of it. That ... her friends will speak ill of me is an inevitable evil — I must bear it. In fact, "Annie," I am beginning to grow wiser, and do not care so much as I did for the opinions of a world in which I see, with my own eyes, that to act [page 328:] generously is to be considered as designing, and that to be poor is to be a villain. I must get rich — rich. Then all will go well — but until then I must submit to be abused. I deeply regret that Mr. R. should think ill of me. If you can, disabuse him — and at all times act for me as you think best. I put my honor, as I would my life and soul, implicitly in your hands; but I would rather not confide my purposes, in that one regard, to any one but your dear sister.
I enclose you a letter for Mrs. Whitman. Read it — show it only to those in whom you have faith, and then seal it with wax and mail it from Boston. When her answer comes I will send it to you: that will convince you of the truth. If she refuse to answer I will write to Mr. Crocker. By the by, if you know the exact name and address send it to me. ... But as long as you and yours love me, what need I care for this cruel, unjust, calculating world? ... In all my present anxieties and embarrassments, I still feel in my inmost soul a divine joy — a happiness inexpressible — that nothing seems to disturb. ...
I hope Mr. C. is well. Remember me to him, and ask him if he has seen my "Rationale of Verse," in the last October and November numbers of the Southern Literary Messenger. ... I am so busy, now, and feel so full of energy. Engagements to write are pouring in upon me every day. I had two proposals within the last week from Boston. I sent yesterday an article to the Am. Review, about "Critics and Criticism." Not long ago I sent one to the Metropolitan called "Landor's Cottage:" it has something about "Annie" in it, and will appear, I suppose, in the March number. To the S. L. Messenger I have sent fifty pages of "Marginalia," five [page 329:] pages to appear each month of the current year. I have also made permanent engagements with every magazine in America (except Peterson's National) including a Cincinnati magazine, called The Gentlemen's. So you see that I have only to keep up my spirits to get out of all my pecuniary troubles. The least price I get is $5 per "Graham page," and I can easily average 1 1/2 per day — that is $7 1/2. As soon as "returns" come in I shall be out of difficulty. I see Godey advertises an article by me, but I am at a loss to know what it is. You ask me, Annie, to tell you about some book to read. Have you seen "Percy Ranthorpe" by Mrs. Gore? You can get it at any of the agencies. I have lately read it with deep interest, and derived great consolation from it also. It relates to the career of a literary man, and gives a just view of the true aims and the true dignity of the literary character. Read it for my sake.
But of one thing rest assured, "Annie," — from this day forth I shun the pestilential society of literary women. They are a heartless, unnatural, venomous, dishonorable set, with no guiding principle but inordinate self-esteem. Mrs. Osgood is the only exception I know. ... Kiss little Caddy for me, and remember me to Mr. R. and to all.
I have had a most distressing headache for the last two weeks. ...
[Signature missing.]
February, 1849.
To the Editor of the "Lady's Book":
I have the honor of sending you, for your magazine, an article which I hope you will be able to comprehend rather more distinctly than I do myself. It [page 330:] is a translation by my friend Martin Van Buren Mavis (sometimes called the "Poughkeepsie Seer"), of an odd-looking MS. which I found, about a year ago, tightly corked up in a jug floating in the Mare Tenebrarum — a sea well described by the Nubian geographer, but seldom visited, nowadays, except by the transcendentalists and divers for crotchets.
Truly yours,
Thursday — 8th.
DEAR "ANNIE," — My mother is just going to town, where, I hope, she will find a sweet letter from you or from Sarah; but, as it is so long since I have written, I must send a few words to let you see and feel that Eddy, even when silent, keeps you always in his mind and heart — I have been so busy, "Annie," ever since I returned from Providence — six weeks ago. I have not suffered a day to pass without writing from a page to three pages. Yesterday, I wrote five, and the day before a poem considerably longer than the "Raven." I call it "The Bells." How I wish "Annie" could see it! Her opinion is so dear to me on such topics — on all it is everything to me — but on poetry in especial. And, Sarah, too. ... I told her when we were at W——, that I hardly ever knew any one with a keener discrimination in regard to what is really poetical. The five prose pages I finished yesterday are called — what do you think? — I am sure you will never guess — "Hop-Frog!" Only think of your Eddy writing a story with such a name as "Hop-Frog!" You would never guess the subject [page 331:] (which is a terrible one) from the title, I am sure. It will be published in a weekly paper, of Boston, ... [[Flag of Our Union]] not a very respectable journal, perhaps, in a literary point of view, but one that pays as high prices as most of the magazines. The proprietor wrote to me, offering about $5 a "Graham page," and as I was anxious to get out of my pecuniary difficulties, I accepted the offer. He gives $5 for a sonnet, also; Mrs. Osgood, Park Benjamin, and Mrs. Sigourney are engaged. I think "The Bells" will appear in the American Review. I have got no answer yet from Mrs. Whitman. ... My opinion is that her mother has intercepted the letter and will never give it to her. ...
Dear mother says she will write you a long letter in a day or two, and tell you how good I am. She is in high spirits at my prospects and at our hopes of soon seeing "Annie." We have told our landlord that we will not take the house next year. Do not let Mr. R., however, make any arrangements for us in ——, or W——, for, being poor, we are so much the slaves of circumstances. At all events we will both come and see you, and spend a week with you in the early spring or before — but we will let you know some time before. Mother sends her dearest, dearest love to you and Sarah and to all. And now good-bye, my dear "Annie." — Your own
[From MS. in possession of Miss A. F. Poe.]
FORDHAM, near New York,
Feb. 14th, 1849.
MY DEAR FRIEND THOMAS, — Your letter dated Nov. 27, has reached me at a little village of the Empire [page 332:] State after having taken at its leisure, a very considerable tour among the P. Offices — occasioned I presume by your endorsement "to forward" wherever I might be — and the fact is where I might not have been for the last three months, is the legitimate question. At all events now that I have your well known MS. before me, it is most cordially welcomed. Indeed it seems an age since I heard from you and a decade of ages since I shook you by the hand — although I hear of you now and then. Right glad am I to find you once more in a true position — "in the field of letters." Depend upon it after all, Thomas, literature is the most noble of professions. In fact, it is about the only one fit for a man. Far my own part there is no seducing me from the path. I shall be a littérateur at least, all my life; nor would I abandon the hopes which still lead me on for all the gold in California. Talking of gold and of the temptations at present held out to "poor-devil authors" did it ever strike you that all that is really valuable to a man of letters — to a poet in especial — is absolutely unpurchasable? Love, fame, the dominion of intellect, the consciousness of power, the thrilling sense of beauty, the free air of Heaven, exercise of body & mind, with the physical and moral health which result — these and such as these are really all that a poet cares for: — then answer me this — why should he go to California? Like Brutus, "I pause for a reply" which like F. W. Thomas, I take it for granted you have no intention of giving me. — I have read the Prospectus of the "Chronicle" and like it much — especially the part where you talk about letting go the finger of that conceited booby, the East — which is by no means the East out of which came the wise men mentioned in Scripture! ... [page 333:]
[The remainder of this letter which follows is drawn from another source.]
I wish you would come down on the Frogpondians. They are getting worse and worse, and pretend not to be aware that there are any literary people out of Boston. The worst and most disgusting part of the matter is, that the Bostonians are really, as a race, far inferior in point of anything beyond mere talent, to any other set upon the continent of N. A. They are decidedly the most servile imitators of the English it is possible to conceive. I always get into a passion when I think about it. It would be the easiest thing in the world to use them up en masse. One really well-written satire would accomplish the business: — but it must not be such a dish of skimmed milk-and-water as Lowell's. I suppose you have seen that affair — the "Fable for Critics" I mean, Miss Fuller, that detestable old maid — told him, once, that he was "so wretched a poet as to be disgusting even to his best friends." This set him off at a tangent and he has never been quite right since: — so he took to writing satire against mankind in general, with Margaret Fuller and her protégé, Cornelius Mathews, in particular. It is miserably weak upon the whole, but has one or two good, but by no means original, things — oh, there is "nothing new under the sun" & Solomon is right — for once. I sent a review of the "Fable" to the "S. L. Messenger" a day or two ago, and I only hope Thompson will print it. Lowell is a ranting abolitionist and deserves a good using up. It is a pity that he is a poet. — I have not seen your paper yet, and hope you will mail me one — regularly if you can spare it. I will send you something whenever I get a chance. — With your coeditor Mr. —— [page 334:] I am not acquainted personally but he is well known to me by reputation. Eames, I think, was talking to me about him in Washington once and spoke very highly of him in many respects, so upon the whole you are in luck. — The rock on which most new enterprises, in the paper way, split, is namby-pamby-ism. It never did do & never will. No yea-nay journal ever succeeded — but I know there is little danger of your making the Chronicle a yea-nay one. I have been quite out of the literary world for the last three years, and have said little or nothing, but, like the owl, I have "taken it out in thinking." By and bye I mean to come out of the bush, and then I have some old scores to settle. I fancy I see some of my friends already stepping up to the Captain's office. The fact is, Thomas, living buried in the country makes a man savage — wolfish. I am just in the humor for a fight. You will be pleased to hear that I am in better health than I ever knew myself to be — full of energy and bent upon success. You shall hear of me again shortly — and it is not improbable that I may soon pay you a visit in Louisville. — If I can do anything for you in New-York, let me know. — Mrs. Clemm sends her best respects — begs to be remembered to your mother's family, if they are with you. You would oblige me very especially if you could squeeze in what follows, editorially. The lady spoken of is a most particular friend of mine, and deserves all I have said of her. I will reciprocate the favor I ask, whenever you say the word and show me how. Address me at N. York City, as usual, and if you insert the following, please cut it out & enclose it in your letter.
Truly your friend,
[Wm. M. Griswold transcript.]
FORDHAM, Feb. 16, 1849.
DEAR DUYCKINCK, — Perhaps in the conversation I had with you in your office about Ulalume, I did not make you comprehend precisely what was the request I made: so, to save trouble, I send now the enclosed from the Providence Daily Journal. If you will oblige me by copying the slip as it stands, prefacing it by the words "from the Providence Journal," it will make everything straight.
Sincerely yours,
[Griswold Collection.]
FORDHAM, Feb. 19, Sunday.
MY SWEET FRIEND AND SISTER, — I fear that in this letter, which I write with a heavy heart, you will find much to disappoint and grieve you — for I must abandon my proposed visit to —— and God only knows when I shall see you, and clasp you by the hand. I have come to this determination to-day, after looking over some of your letters to me and my mother, written since I left you. You have not said it to me, but I have been enabled to glean from what you have said, that Mr. R—— has permitted himself (perhaps without knowing it) to be influenced against me by the malignant misrepresentations of Mr. and Mrs. ——. Now, I frankly own to you, dear Annie, [page 336:] that I am proud, although I have never shown myself proud to you or yours, and never will. You know that I quarrelled with the ——s solely on your account and Mr. R——'s. It was obviously my interest to keep in with them; and, moreover, they had rendered me some services which entitled them to my gratitude up to the time when I discovered they had been blazoning their favors to the world. Gratitude, then, as well as interest, would have led me not to offend them; and the insults offered to me individually by Mrs. — were not sufficient to make me break with them. It was only when I heard them declare ... that your husband was everything despicable ... it was only when such insults were offered to you, whom I sincerely and most purely loved, and to Mr. R——, whom I had every reason to like and respect, that I arose and left their house, and insured the unrelenting vengeance of that worst of all fiends, "a woman scorned." Now, feeling all this, I cannot help thinking it unkind in Mr. R——, when I am absent and unable to defend myself, that he will persist in listening to what these people say to my discredit. I cannot help thinking it, moreover, the most unaccountable instance of weakness — of obtuseness — that ever I knew a man to be guilty of: women are more easily misled in such matters. In the name of God, what else had I to anticipate in return for the offence which I offered Mrs. ——'s insane vanity and self-esteem, than that she would spend the rest of her days in ransacking the world for scandal against me (and the falser the better for her purpose), and in fabricating accusations where she could not find them ready-made? I certainly anticipated no other line of conduct on her part; but, on the other hand, I certainly [page 337:] did not anticipate that any man in his senses would ever listen to accusations from so suspicious a source. ... Not only must I not visit you at ——, but I must discontinue my letters, and you yours. I cannot and will not have it on my conscience that I have interfered with the domestic happiness of the only being in the whole world whom I have loved at the same time with truth and with purity — I do not merely love you, Annie — I admire and respect you even more. — and Heaven knows there is no particle of selfishness in my devotion — I ask nothing for myself, but your own happiness — with a charitable interpretation of those calumnies which for your sake I am now enduring from this vile woman — and which, for your dear, dear sake I would most willingly endure if multiplied a hundredfold — the calumnies, indeed, Annie, do not materially wound me, except in depriving me of your society — for of your affection and respect I feel that they never can. As for any injuries the falsehoods of these people can do me, make your mind easy about that — it is true that "Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned," but I have encountered such vengeance before, on far higher grounds; that is to say, for a far less holy purpose, than I feel the defence of your good name to be. I scorned Mrs. E——, simply because she revolted me, and to this day she has never ceased her anonymous persecutions. But in what have they resulted? She has not deprived me of one friend who ever knew me and once trusted me — nor has she lowered me one inch in the public opinion. When she ventured too far, I sued her at once (through her miserable tools), and recovered exemplary damages — as I will unquestionably do, forthwith, in the case of Mr. ——, if ever he shall [page 338:] muster courage to utter one single actionable word. ... You will now have seen, dear Annie, how and why it is that my Mother and myself cannot visit you as we proposed. ... It had been my design to ask you and Mr. R—— (or, perhaps, your parents) to board Mother while I was absent at the South, and I intended to start after remaining with you a week — but my whole plans are now disarranged — I have taken the cottage at Fordham for another year — Time, dear Annie, will show all things. Be of good heart, I shall never cease to think of you — and bear in mind the two solemn promises I have made you — The one I am religiously keeping, and the other (so help me Heaven!) shall sooner or later be kept.
Always your dear friend and brother,
29th of February.[[(1)]]
I mean to start for Richmond on the 10th March. Everything has gone as I wished it, and my final success is certain, or I abandon all claims to the title of Vates. The only contretemps of any moment, lately, has been Willis's somewhat premature announcement of my project: — but this will only force me into action a little sooner than I had proposed. Let me now answer the points of your last letter.
C—— acted pretty much as all mere men of the world act. I think very little the worse of him for his endeavor to succeed with you at my expense. I always liked him, and I believe he liked me. His "I understand the matter perfectly" amuses me. [page 339:] Certainly, then, it was the only matter he did understand. His intellect was 0.
"The Rationale of Verse" will appear in Graham, after all. I will stop in Philadelphia to see the proofs.
As for Godey, he is a good little man, and means as well as he knows how. ...
The "most distinguished of American scholars" is Professor Charles Anthon, author of the "Classical Dictionary."
I presume you have seen some newspaper notices of my late lecture on the Universe. You could have gleaned, however, no idea of what the lecture was, from what the papers said it was. All praised it — as far as I have yet seen — and all absurdly misrepresented it. The only report of it which approaches the truth is the one I enclose — from the Express — written by E. A. Hopkins, a gentleman of much scientific acquirement, son of Bishop Hopkins, of Vermont; but he conveys only my general idea, and his digest is full of inaccuracies. I enclose also a slip from the Courier and Enquirer. Please return them. To eke out a chance of your understanding what I really did say, I add a loose summary of my propositions and results: —
The General Proposition is this — Because Nothing was, therefore All Things are.
1. An inspection of the universality of Gravitation — i. e., of the fact that each particle tends, not to any one common point, but to every other particle — suggests perfect totality, or absolute unity, as the source of the phenomenon.
2. Gravity is but the mode in which is manifested the tendency of all things to return into their original unity — is but the reaction of the first Divine Act. [page 340:]
3. The law regulating the return — i. e., the law of Gravitation — is but a necessary result of the necessary and sole possible mode of equable irradiation of matter through space: this equable irradiation is necessary as a basis for the Nebular Theory of Laplace.
4. The Universe of Stars (contradistinguished from the Universe of space) is limited.
5. Mind is cognizant of Matter only through its two properties, attraction and repulsion: therefore Matter is only attraction and repulsion: a finally consolidated globe-of-globes, being but one particle, would be without attraction — i. e., gravitation: the existence of such a globe presupposes the expulsion of the separative ether which we know to exist between the particles as at present diffused: thus the final globe would be matter without attraction and repulsion but these are matter: then the final globe would be matter without matter — i. e., no matter at all: it must disappear. Thus Unity is Nothingness.
6. Matter, springing from Unity, sprang from Nothingness — i. e., was created.
7. All will return to Nothingness, in returning to Unity.
Read these items after the Report. As to the Lecture, I am very quiet about it — but, if you have ever dealt with such topics, you will recognize the novelty and moment of my views. What I have propounded will (in good time) revolutionise the world of Physical and Metaphysical Science. I say this calmly — but I say it.
I shall not go till I hear from you. — Cordially —
By the by, lest you infer that my views, in detail, are the same with those advanced in the Nebular [page 341:] Hypothesis, I venture to offer a few addenda,(1) the substance of which was penned, though never printed, several years ago, under the head of — A Prediction."
[Signature missing.]
[Duyckinck Collection.]
FORDHAM, March 8 [1849].
DEAR SIR, — If you have looked over the Von Kempelen article which I left with your brother, you will have fully perceived its drift. I mean it as a kind of "exercise," or experiment, in the plausible or verisimilar style. Of course, there is not one word of truth in it, from beginning to end. I thought that such a style, applied to the gold-excitement, could not fail of effect. My sincere opinion is that nine persons out of ten (even among the best-informed) will believe the quiz (provided the design does not leak out before publication) and that thus, acting as a sudden, although of course a very temporary, check to the gold-fever, it will create a stir to some purpose.
I had prepared the hoax for a Boston weekly called "The Flag" where it will be quite thrown away. The proprietor will give me $15 for it on presentation to his agent here; and my object in referring the article to you is simply to see if you could not venture to take it for the "World." If so, I am willing to take for it $10 — or, in fact, whatever you think you can afford.
I believe the quiz is the first deliberate literary attempt of the kind on record. In the story of Mrs [page 342:] Veal, we are permitted, now and then, to perceive a tone of banter. In "Robinson Crusoe" the design was far more to please, or excite, than to deceive by verisimilitude, in which particular merely, Sir. Ed. Seaward's narrative is the more skilful book. In my "Valdemar Case" (which was credited by many) I had not the slightest idea that any person should credit it as anything more than a "Magazine-paper" — but here the whole strength is laid out in verisimilitude.
I am very much obliged to you for your reprint of "Ulalume."
Truly Yours,
EVERT A. DUYCKINCK, Esq.
P. S. If you feel the least shy about the article, make no hesitation in returning it, of course: — for I willingly admit that it is not a paper which every editor would like to "take the responsibility" of printing — although merely as a contribution with a known name: — but if you decline the quiz, please do not let out the secret.
March 23, 1849.
Will not "Annie" confide the secrets about Westford? Was it anything I did which caused you to "give up hope"? Dear Annie, I am so happy in being able to afford Mr. R. proof of something in which he seemed to doubt me. You remember that Mr. and Mrs. L—— strenuously denied having spoken ill of you to me, and I said "then it must remain a simple question of veracity between us, as I had no witness [page 343:] —" but I observed afterwards — "Unfortunately I have returned Mrs. L—— her letters (which were filled with abuse of you both), but, if I am not mistaken, my mother has some in her possession that will prove the truth of what I say." Now, Annie, when we came to look over these last, I found, to my extreme sorrow, that they would not corroborate me. I say "to my extreme sorrow;" for, oh, it is so painful to be doubted when we know our own integrity. Not that I fancied, even for one moment, that you doubted me, but then I saw that Mr. R—— and Mr. C—— did, and perhaps even your brother. Well! what do you think? Mrs. L—— has again written my mother, and I enclose her letter. Read it! you will find it thoroughly corroborative of all I said. The verses to me which she alludes to, I have not seen. You will see that she admits having cautioned me against you, as I said, and in fact admits all that I accused her of. Now you distinctly remember that they both loudly denied having spoken against you: — this, in fact, was the sole point at issue. I have marked the passages alluded to. I wish that you would write to your relation in Providence and ascertain for me who slandered me as you say — I wish to prove the falsity of what has been said (for I find that it will not do to permit such reports to go unpunished), and, especially, obtain for me some details upon which I can act. ... Will you do this? ... I enclose also some other lines "For Annie" — and, will you let me know in what manner they impress you? I have sent them to the Flag of our Union. By the way, did you get "Hop-Frog"? I sent it to you by mail, not knowing whether you ever see the paper in ——. I am sorry to say that the Metropolitan has stopped and [page 344:] "Landor's Cottage" is returned on my hands unprinted. I think the lines "For Annie"(1) (those I now send) much the best I have ever written; but an author can seldom depend on his own estimate of his own works, so I wish to know what "Annie" truly thinks of them — also your dear sister and Mr. C——.
Do not let the verses go out of your possession until you see them in print — as I have sold them to the publisher of the Flag. ... Remember me to all.
[Signature missing.]
Thursday, March 30.
DEAREST LOUISE, — You see that I am not yet off to Richmond as I proposed. I have been detained by some very unexpected and very important matters which I will explain to you when I see you. What is the reason that you have not been out? I believe the only reason is that you suspect I am really anxious to see you.
When you see Mr. H—— I wish you would say to him that I would take it as an especial favor if he would pay me a visit at Fordham next Sunday. I have something to communicate to him of the highest importance, and about which I need his advice. Won't you get him to come — and come with him to show him the way? — Sincerely yours,
ANNIE, — You will see by this note that I am nearly, if not quite, well — so be no longer uneasy on my account. I was not so ill as my mother supposed, and she is so anxious about me that she takes alarm often without cause. It is not so much ill that I have been as depressed in spirits — I cannot express to you how terribly I have been suffering from gloom. ... You know how cheerfully I wrote to you not long ago — about my prospects — hopes — how I anticipated being soon out of difficulty. Well! all seems to be frustrated — at least for the present. As usual, misfortunes never come single, and I have met one disappointment after another. The Columbian Magazine, in the first place, failed — then Post's Union (taking with it my principal dependence); then the Whig Review was forced to stop paying for contributions — then the Democratic — then (on account of his oppression and insolence) I was obliged to quarrel, finally, with ——; and then, to crown all, the, "—— ——" (from which I anticipated so much and with which I had made a regular engagement for $10 a week throughout the year) has written a circular to correspondents, pleading poverty and declining to receive any more articles. More than this, the S. L. Messenger, which owes me a good deal, cannot pay just yet, and, altogether, I am reduced to Sartain and Graham — both very precarious. No doubt, Annie, you attribute my "gloom" to these events — but you would be wrong. It is not in the power of any mere worldly considerations, such as these, to depress me. ... No. [page 346:] my sadness is unaccountable, and this makes me the more sad. I am full of dark forebodings. Nothing cheers or comforts me. My life seems wasted — the future looks a dreary blank: but I will struggle on and "hope against hope." ... What do you think? I have received a letter from Mrs. L——, and such a letter! She says she is about to publish a detailed account of all that occurred between us, under guise of romance, with fictitious names, &c., — that she will make me appear noble, generous, &c. &c. — nothing bad — that she will "do justice to my motives," &c. &c. She writes to know if "I have any suggestions to make." If I do not answer it in a fortnight, the book will go to press as it is — and, more than all this — she is coming on immediately to see me at Fordham. I have not replied — shall I? and what? The "friend" who sent the lines to the "H. J." was the friend who loves you best — was myself. The Flag so misprinted them that I was resolved to have a true copy. The Flag has two of my articles yet — "A Sonnet to my Mother," and "Landor's Cottage." ... I have written a ballad called "Annabel Lee," which I will send you soon. Why do you not send the tale of which you spoke?
[Signature missing.]
[Griswold Memoir.]
DEAR GRISWOLD, — I inclose perfect copies of the lines "For Annie" and "Annabel Lee," in hopes that you may make room for them in your new edition. As regards "Lenore," which you were kind [page 347:] enough to say you would insert,) I would prefer the concluding stanza to run as here written. ... It is a point of no great importance, but in one of your editions you have given my sister's age instead of mine. I was born in Dec. 1813; my sister, Jan. 1811.(1) Willis, whose good opinion I value highly, and of whose good word I have a right to be proud, has done me the honor to speak very pointedly in praise of "The Raven." I inclose what he said, and if you could contrive to introduce it, you would render me an essential favor, and greatly further my literary interests, at a point where I am most anxious they should be advanced.
Truly yours,
P. S. — Considering my indebtedness to you, can you not sell to Graham or to Godey (with whom, you know, I cannot with the least self-respect again have anything to do directly) — can you not sell to one of these men, "Annabel Lee," say for $50, and credit me that sum? Either of them could print it before you will need it for your book. Mem. The Eveleth(2) you ask about is a Yankee impertinent, who, knowing my extreme poverty, has for years pestered me with unpaid letters; but I believe almost every literary man of any note has suffered in the same way. I am surprised that you have escaped.
[The following footnote was added to the 1903 editon, appearing at the bottom of page 338:]
[[1. Since found to belong to 1848 instead of 1849. — ED.]]
[The following footnote appears at the bottom of page 341:]
1. See "Addenda," Vol. XVI. [[p. 337]] — ED
[The following footnote appears at the bottom of page 344:]
1. Beginning, "Thank Heaven! the crisis — the danger — is past." — ED.
[The following footnote appears at the bottom of page 347:]
1. The date of his birth to which he refers was printed from his statement in the memoranda referred to in the first of the letters [March 29, 1841] here printed. — GRISWOLD'S NOTE.
2. See "Addenda to Eureka."
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Star Wars: The Clone Wars - The Complete Season Two (UK - BD)
Chris takes a look at the second series of the animated Star Wars show on BD
I've already reviewed the Star Wars: The Clone Wars theatrical movie and the first Blu-ray volume (both linked below) and I don't have a whole lot to say beyond reiterating my earlier thoughts. I'll be the first to admit that the show has its faults, most of them humour based, but they are entirely forgivable when you look them in the context of an animated television show aimed at a younger audience. Although initially grating, the interplay between Anakin Skywalker and Ahsoka Tano has really progressed throughout the course of the first two seasons to the point where the youngling has lost much of her attitude and become a strong character in her own right (I really like the Ahsoka-centric episodes now). Even the battle droids don't seem as annoying any more!
Other than that, this rabid Star Wars fan still loves all the things that made the first season so great. The animation and voice acting are excellent, there're a lot of cool action scenes, some deep character-driven episodes, and a place for the often-overlooked characters to have their moment in the sun. This season focuses more on the bounty hunters, who have always been an integral part of the Star Wars universe, but have never really had all that much screen time ( Attack of the Clones excepted). Cad Bane in particular is the focus of many episodes, and while I do find the ease with which he overpowers Jedi a tad annoying I still like the character on the whole. The tail end of the season also sees the introduction of one Boba Fett, admittedly a rather young version of the character, but still, it's the Fett! Add to this the continued presence of references to the classic trilogy and prequels and some excellent multi-part episode arcs and you have the same great show that's been entertaining audiences for the last couple of years. Episodes like 'Holocron Heist', 'Landing at Point Rain' and 'The Zillo Beast' are as good as anything that's come before and even give the live-action movies a run for their money!
If you own the first season of the show on Blu-ray you'll know exactly what to expect from this release. Like its predecessor, season two is presented in the correct aspect ratio of 2.35:1 (1080/24p VC-1) rather than the cropped 16:9 used for some TV broadcasts. With the show now well into its third season I still love the carved look of the CGI characters, and season two introduces a whole host of new and exotic designs that really look the part.
The quality of the visual presentation itself is just as impressive as the previous volume, with fantastic detail, wonderful, bold colours and superb contrast. Once again the direct digital-to-digital transfer ensures a near-flawless presentation, free from film artefacts and largely free of digital nastiness. The odd bit of posterisation is visible from time to time, but it looks like it's inherent to the source and it's nothing that will seriously hinder your enjoyment. Honestly, there really isn't anything particularly negative to say about the show's visual presentation, so I won't sit here nit-picking. Fans of the show and quality transfers rejoice because Warner has done it again!
Episode audio is once again presented in lossy Dolby Digital 5.1 (640Kbps). I'm not going to repeat my lengthy rant about the lack of lossless audio from my review of the first season, but suffice to say I think it's a shame that the show doesn't benefit from high-definition sound. Even so, the quality of the Dolby Digital tracks is nothing to be sniffed at, especially given that Star Wars is one of the richest audio environments around. Directionality is good, with plenty of starships swooping overhead and blaster bolts zipping past your ears, and the familiar hum of the lightsabers elicit a reassuring growl from the sub-woofer. All-important dialogue is never anything but crystal clear and the whilst the score lacks the iconic cues it still sounds like Star Wars and has a prominent place in the mix. Like the first season before it the audio doesn't quite live up to the standards set by the video, but there's still much to enjoy.
Unfortunately I only received check discs for this review, so I didn't get the sixty-four page production booklet that's included with the full retail release. However, once I realised that season two had fewer bonus features than the first season the lack of a booklet wasn't the only disappointment. For some reason the production featurettes from the first season have been ditched in favour on a few longer featurettes than focus on specific elements rather than individual episodes. It's a shame, but the content is still reasonably good. Here's a breakdown.
Magic of the Holocron Episodes (12:44 HD): This featurette goes behind-the-scenes of the three 'holocron' episodes with director Dave Filoni and the rest of the crew. There's a lot of discussion about the influences, designs, voice acting, editing and all of the other staples of this sort of feature. There are even some very brief HD shots from Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith.
Return to Geonosis (17:11 HD): This featurette explains how the team approached the four episodes set on the barren world of Geonosis. These episodes feature some of the biggest battles in the series and the incredible complexity of the scenes is explored particularly well. Some of the imagery in these episodes is so close to the film that there are times when you could be forgiven for thinking that you're watching Attack of the Clones. There's also an HD shot from The Phantom Menace in this piece, but I seriously hope the eventual Blu-ray release looks better!
Creating Mandalore (18:42 HD): This featurette deals with the team's efforts to bring everyone's favourite 'super-commandos' to life on the small screen. We learn how George Lucas directed Dave Filoni to bring them into the series, how they researched all the expanded universe material, and how they designed Mandalore itself. As sad as it is, the highlight for me was seeing the HD versions of the bounty hunter scene from The Empire Strikes Back ('no disintegrations') and the skiff rescue from Retun of the Jedi ('Boba Fett? Where?'). Can we just have the damn Blu-rays already?
Attack of the Zillo Beast (15:33 HD): The final featurette deals with the creation of the enormous creature faced by the Republic forces on Malastare. Dave Filoni explains how Lucas wanted to continue the various genre stories (noir, mystery, body-snatcher, zombie etc) with a pair of Godzilla-like monster movie episodes. Again there's plenty of story discussion (including comparisons to King Kong) and design footage, along with the now-customary HD footage from the live-action features (of beasts like the Rancor etc).
The Jedi Temple Archives: The archives offer 2D and 3D artwork for all twenty-two episodes. This takes the form of concept sketches, animatics, development scenes, finial designs and even fully-rendered extended/deleted scenes. They're a nice little addition to the set.
Easter Eggs: Yes, the set includes more hidden features. Details of how to access the ones I've found are available by clicking the link on the right of this page.
What can I say? Season two really picks up where season one left off, with the same stunning visuals, the same impressive audio, and (largely) the same selection of interesting bonus material. It might be a TV show aimed at younger viewers, and I should probably know better, but I still watch this show religiously on TV (even if there have been a few boring episodes in the third season). As a Star Wars nut I can't be expected to offer an unbiased view, so those of you who aren't into the ' Wars' might want to try before you buy, but for fellow fans Star Wars: The Clone Wars – The Complete Season Two is a must-buy!
* Note: The above images are taken from the Blu-ray release and resized for the page. Full-resolution captures are available by clicking individual images, but due to .jpg compression they are not necessarily representative of the quality of the transfer.
Review by Chris Gould
"A few boring episodes in the third season" is an understatement. After the great second season and the great double episode opener of the third season, three has turned into a over talky snoozer of a season. Let's hope the Maul-esq dudes on the way spice it up before the end.
Yeah, it has been a bit boring. I fell asleep during the episode before last, the one with Padme and Satine running around doing nothing of interest.
They are being over clever with the out of chronological order story arcs as well. The kiddie audience ain't gonna pick up on this stuff and the stories ain't strong/important enough for it to actually make a jot of difference.
Wasn't it just the first one that was out of order (with the clone flashback)? They've all started to blur into one. I just realised that Padme/Satine story was four episodes ago!
I think they're all meant to take place between the season 1 - 2 episodes. Like the recent Cad stuff was in build up to the senate season 1 finale and stuff like that. The whole "secrets revealed" sub title is meant to be some clever reference to little titbits of info we didn't see behind the scenes in the last two seasons I think.
Ah right, shows how much attention I've been paying. I can only remember one or two episodes.
General viewing, but some scenes may be unsuitable for young children
Disc Details
Release Date: 15th November 2010
Discs: 3
Disc Type: Blu-ray Disc
RCE: No
Video: 1080p
Aspect: 2.35:1
Anamorphic: No
Colour: Yes
Audio: Dolby Digital 5.1 English, Dolby Digital 5.1 Danish, Dolby Digital 5.1 Dutch, Dolby Digital 5.1 French, Dolby Digital 5.1 Norwegian, Dolby Digital 5.1 Swedish
Subtitles: English, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, Norwegian, Swedish
Extras: Featurettes, Jedi Temple Archives
Easter Egg: Yes
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Director: Various
Cast: Matt Lanter, Ashley Eckstein, James Arnold Taylor, Corey Burton, Catherine Taber, Ian Abercrombie, Terrence 'T.C.' Carson, Anthony Daniels, Dee Bradley Baker, Matthew Wood, Tom Kane
Genre: Action, Adventure, Animation, Sci-Fi and War
Length: 500 minutes
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Last year's dream apartment featured installations by the same key players, and the results seemed a little more energetic back then, with high-contrast accent walls and natural wood furnishings warming up the space. In a basic convention center booth, it's hard to avoid that sterile showroom feeling, but the grays, blues, and basic whites of this year's installation did little to lend the space a distinct personality.
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If you've read my blog for a while, or especially if you follow me on Twitter, then you'll know that I have a long standing hatred for this class. Why do I hate Warriors? Because I (used to) suck at playing Warriors. Of all the different resource mechanics in WoW, Rage is the one that I hate the most and I could never grasp how to use it.
I don't like starting with nothing, building my way up, and then having it all bleed out of me again when I'm done. It's like building a sandcastle on the beach even though you know that wave's going to come in any second now and completely destroy everything you just built.
Those people are you, the Warrior. That shapeless mound of sand in front of you was your full Rage bar, but your Rage just got owned by the Wave of Inactivity. If you're not either taking or receiving damage, then you don't have Rage. You, the player, might have rage at your character's lack of Rage, but that won't get you anywhere.
How do you fight a wave? With a big, friggin' axe and the light of the Crusaders flowing through your veins, that's how.
By using BoA weapons and taking advantage of the Enchanting profession of my main character, I've turned a class that I hate playing into one of the most enjoyable leveling experiences I've had in a long time. Interestingly enough, I also did it by using the traditional tanking tree as a DPS tree because of the way that it plays.
What Is a BoA Warrior?
When I'm talking about a BoA Warrior, I'm talking about a PvE Twink; a character that has very powerful gear for their level so that they're able to achieve more than a player with normal gear for their level and situation. BoA of course refers specifically to heirloom gear which is part of that powerful gear that we're giving them. It's not just the gear by itself though, we're also going to enchant that gear with the best enchants we can find for it and we may even throw in some extra buffs via potions and scrolls if we're feeling especially power hungry.
As I said, I don't like leveling Warriors because I think Rage sucks and I hate having to deal with it. When you power your Warrior above and beyond his level though, Rage isn't an issue. With a normal Warrior just getting the gear that drops for me or that I start with, I want to hoard my Rage and never let it go. With a PvE twinked Warrior though I can go from empty to full in about 5 seconds, so I don't mind unloading on a single mob because I know the one standing just a few yards away will fill me back up.
I'm using the term "twink" here which typically makes people who aren't PvP-friendly cringe a bit. I'm not talking about doing full PvP twinking here though where you're farming the AH for rare blues and leveling engineering for goggles, because we're not looking for very specific gear for every single slot. A PvE twink is going to level, not stick to a certain level cap like a PvP twink, so we're only looking at getting the best gear for certain key areas.
Necessary Gear
If you're going to roll a BoA Warrior, then you need to know which items you'll need and which enchants you need to put on them. If you want to look at basic enchanting for BoA items in general, or ones that aren't Warrior-specific, then I'll point you to my Enchanting Heirlooms post for details. But for now, we're talking about specifics for your BoA Warrior.
Bloodied Arcanite Reaper: (two-hand) Strength, Stamina, Crit
Venerable Mass of McGowan: (one-hand) Agility, Stamina, Crit, Attack Power
Enchants: Crusader
Charmed Ancient Bone Bow: (ranged) Hit, Crit, Attack Power
The best way to generate a lot of rage is to deal a lot of damage. To do that, you'll want a big weapon with which to bash mobs in the face. For this build and this play style, Crusader is the only enchant worth considering. Fiery Weapon may help you burn through mobs really fast in your first 10-15 levels, but Crusader not only procs for 200 Attack Power (100 Str), it also heals you. This build is going to be chain pulling mobs with a DPS spec from level 8 on, so that heal is extra helpful.
We don't care about the enchant to our ranged weapon because we're rarely (if ever) going to use the thing. We're just interested in the stats that it gives us.
Polished Breastplate of Valor: Strength, Stamina, Crit, +10% Experience
Enchants: Greater Stats +4 All stats
Strengthened Stockade Pauldrons: Strength, Stamina, Resilience, +10% Experience
Enchants: Greater Inscription of the Gladiator 30 Stam, 15 Resil
Dread Pirate Ring: Stamina, Hit, Crit, +5% Experience
Enchants: Assault: +40 Attack Power
We do want health, but we're not obsessed with it above all others. Because of that we want +4 Stats over +100 Health on our chest. In this case it's better to get a decent amount of health and attack power from one enchant than just straight health.
The shoulder enchants aren't super important because you'll have to be at least level 70 before you can even benefit from them. I'm going to recommend the PvP enchant that costs 10,000 Honor because it's easy to get, very helpful (once you can use it), and it's the best option you've got until you hit level 80 or become an Inscriptionist.
If you have the ring, and you want to enchant it, then Assault is the one that you want. The ring is great if you have it, but don't worry about it if you don't. I don't have one and I'm doing just fine.
Swift Hand of Justice: Haste, Heal per kill
There's only one trinket worth considering here, and you want two of them if you can get them. The haste is great because we're dealing with a big, slow weapon here. The faster we swing it, the more death and destruction we can leave behind. The real reason we're using these though is the heal. Every time you kill something that rewards honor or experience you'll heal yourself for 2% of your total health. If you're using two of them, then you get 4% of your total health. Yes, the pair of these stack.
Extra Gear: Optional
There are some other gear options that you might want to consider and you might not. It's gear that only someone like me would bother dealing with, and it's what I call "Sparkley Whites". Sparkley Whites are low level, white-quality items that you enchant to make your fresh toons more powerful. Since my main character is and always will be an enchanter, I have a full set of white gear to cover all non-BoA slots with the best enchants for each type of class.
You can either get ones with no level requirement at all, which can be purchased in the starting zone of each race for around 10 copper each, or you can get them with low level requirements for around 45-60 copper each. I personally go for the ones that require level 5 to use so those are the ones I'll link you to below.
Mail Boots (70 Armor)
Light Chain Boots, Light Mail Boots
Enchant: Minor Run Speed Minor speed increase
These boots are found in your secondary towns, the ones you'll go to right after your initial starting zones; places like Brill or Goldshire, or sometimes they'll be found in racial capitals such as Silvermoon City or Stormwind.
I suggest the Minor Run Speed enchant over a +7 Stamina enchant because of that stupid sand castle I talked about at the beginning of this article. Losing Rage sucks, and the best way to not lose it is to not waste it between battles because you're moving so slow. You can go with either of those two enchants, I just personally like the movement speed and use it as the enchant on every type of armor that I do this for.
Gloves (64 Armor)
Light Chain Gloves, Light Mail Gloves
Enchant: Greater Strength +7 Strength
If this were a PvP twink then I would be suggesting +15 Agility instead of +7 Strength for the enchant, but we're not looking for constant crits so much as we are constant, solid damage increases. While the Agility enchant would also give us some survivability, we'll get more benefit from the Strength.
Bracers (45 Armor)
Light Chain Bracers, Light Mail Bracers
Enchant: Superior Strength +9 Strength
Again we're going to go with a solid increase to our damage output over survivability. The +9 Stamina enchant is a really big chunk of health that we're passing up, but the 9 Strength = 18 Attack Power, and with this build we're going to subscribe to the belief that "the best defense is a strong offense."
Important Spells and Abilities
There are a lot of abilities that we're going to use with this build. Some of them can only be used when we're in certain stances and others can be used all the time. I'll go over all of the abilities in this section, noting which circumstances are required for you to use them. Numbers and details for each spell are taken from their highest available rank as of level 29, and are not modified by talent points, attributes, gear, or any other variables.
For now just get yourself familiar with what these abilities do. I'll tell you how to actually put them to use for mass slayage in the next section.
Battle Stance: A balanced combat stance that increases the armor penetration of all of your attacks by 10%.
Defensive Stance: A defensive combat stance. Decreases damage taken by 10% and damage caused by 5%. Increases threat generated.
General Abilities (No Stance, or Both Stances)
Thunder Clap: (20 Rage, Battle or Defensive, Instant cast, 6 sec cooldown) Blasts nearby enemies increasing the time between their attacks by 10% for 18 seconds and doing 55 damage to them. Damage increased by attack power. This ability causes additional threat.
Battle Shout: (10 Rage, Any stance, Instant) The warrior shouts, increasing attack power of all raid and party members within 30 yards by 55. Lasts 2 minutes.
Bloodrage: (No Rage, Any stance, Instant, 1 minute cooldown) Generates 20 rage at the cost of health, and then generates an additional 10 rage over 10 seconds.
Battle Stance Only
Charge: (No Rage, Battle Stance, Instant, 15 sec cooldown) Charge an enemy, generate 12 rage, and stun it for 1.5 seconds. Cannot be used in combat.
Victory Rush: (No Rage, Battle Stance, Instant) Instantly attack the target causing damage. Can only be used within 20 seconds after you kill an enemy that yields experience or honor. Damage based on your Attack Power.
Overpower: (5 Rage, Battle Stance, Instant, 5 second cooldown) Instantly overpower the enemy, causing weapon damage. Only usable after the target dodges. Overpower cannot be blocked, dodged or parried.
Retaliation: (No Rage, Battle Stance, Instant, 5 minute cooldown) Instantly counterattack any enemy that strikes you in melee for 12 seconds. Melee attacks made from behind cannot be counterattacked. A maximum of 20 attacks will cause retaliation.
Defensive Stance Only
Revenge: (5 Rage, Defensive Stance, Instant, 5 sec cooldown) Instantly counterattack an enemy for 145-177 damage. Revenge is only usable after the warrior blocks, dodges or parries an attack.
Leveling a BoA Warrior
Rotation: Charge, Heroic Strike, Thunder Clap, Victory Rush (spam), Thunder Clap, Victory Rush (spam)
You'll also want to be sure your Battle Shout is on before rushing into combat if you can. If you don't have any rage, and nothing to give you rage right away, then just charge in on the first mob and use the rage from the charge + auto-attack to cast it.
Your basic rotation is simple. Charge in to generate Rage, Heroic Strike to kill or seriously injure a mob to proc Victory Rush, Thunder Clap for AoE pull and damage, spam Victory Rush to kill all targets, Thunder Clap for additional AoE pulls or damage, spam Victory Rush and Thunder Clap until you're done. If you use my macro suggestions down below you'll also trigger your Overpower or Revenge abilities every time they become available as well.
When you're doing solo questing, like clearing yeti caves and such, this simple rotation of TClap-Victory Rush kills almost everything straight away. When you get into instances things don't die quite as easily, and since you're not always going to get the killing blow your Victory Rush isn't going to be available nearly as often. In cases like that, it's best to build up as much rage as you can, and then unleash on single targets to try to get the killing blows. If you act like a PvP Rogue, killing off every target with low health, you can sometimes grab all of the killing blows from Victory Rushing the low targets one after another.
This is a Prot build, and you certainly can tank with this around level 20 even without a shield, but it's also a DPS-focused build. If you're not the tank, then you should cut back on your Thunderclaps so that you're not the one with all the agro, but better you than one of the other DPS or the Healer.
Spec and Glyphs
Prot Spec Talents
Improved Thunder Clap 3/3: Reduces the cost of your Thunder Clap ability by 4 rage points and increases the damage by 30% and slowing effect by an additional 10%.
Improved Bloodrage 2/2: Increases the rage generated by your Bloodrage ability by 50%.
Incite 3/3: Increases the critical strike chance of your Heroic Strike, Thunder Clap, and Cleave abilities by 15%.
Anticipation 2/5: Increases your Dodge chance by 2%.
Improved Revenge 2/2: Increases damage of your Revenge ability by 60% and causes Revenge to strike an additional target.
Shield Mastery 2/2: Increases your block value by 30% and reduces the cooldown of your Shield Block ability by 20 seconds.
Shield Specialization 3/5: Increases your chance to block attacks with a shield by 3% and has a 60% chance to generate 5 rage when a block, dodge, or parry occurs.
Anticipation +3 (5/5): Increases your Dodge chance by 5%.
Major Glyph: Glyph of Resonating Power: Reduces the rage cost of your Thunder Clap ability by 5.
Minor Glyph: Glyph of Thunder Clap: Increases the radius of your Thunder Clap ability by 2 yards.
Thunder Clap is your bread and butter AoE ability from level 6 on. You'll have other abilities that can hit multiple targets (such as Revenge via our talent points, or Cleave/Sunder if we use their glyphs), but those only hit a couple of mobs while this one is an AoE, so both of our glyphs are going to go towards improving Thunder Clap.
Our Major glyph reduces the rage cost which will allow us to use it more often, and our Minor glyph increases its radius which is actually used more as a means of pulling additional mobs from further distances than it is for the AoE aspect of it since most mobs will be within melee range of you anyway.
Cleaving, Revenge, and Victory Rush are all acceptable substitutes for your Major glyph slot and Charge, Battle, and Enduring Victory are all acceptable substitutes for the Minor glyph slot.
Suggested Macros
There are a lot of macros that we can use for this build to make it easier to play, and all of them are fairly easy to write, use, and understand.
Normally when I write a macro I like to name it something relating to what it actually does. For the warrior though, I instead set the macro name to the rage cost of the primary ability associated with that macro. When you put a macro on your action bars it shows the name of it, so in this case it shows me rage costs instead. After using a Warrior for a while you'll know all of the rage costs without even paying attention anymore, but while you're still learning I think it helps to see that visibly without having to mouse-over the ability. For abilities that have no rage cost, I just name them what they are.
Important Note: I have had people comment on my macros before, suggesting that you use the exclamation mark in front of some abilities that don't fire off right away to prevent a second use of that macro from turning the ability off like this: "/cast !Heroic Strike". I have personally never had this problem with my macros. It might be that I have an addon that fixes the issue that I'm just not aware of, or who knows. If you experience that problem then add the exclamation, if not then forget it and go with what I suggest here.
/cast Charge
/cast Heroic Strike
The above macro will target an enemy (if you don't already have an enemy targeted) and activate your auto-attack on that target. It will then use your Charge ability and activate Herioc Strike. What that's going to do is cause you to charge and immediately follow with Heroic Strike instead of an auto-attack. If you are too close or too far away from your enemy for Charge to work, or if Charge is on cooldown, then it will simply activate Heroic Strike so that it's used in place of your next auto-attack.
Since I don't like wasting Rage on Heroic Strike when it's not necessary, this is the only macro that I tie HS into and the only macro that I do not tie Revenge/Overpower into, so that I'm not accidentally throwing Rage away on HS when it could be put to better use on other abilities.
Victory Rush:
/cast Victory Rush
/cast Overpower
/cast Revenge
At low level, and high power thanks to our enchanted heirlooms, Victory Rush is insanely strong. Basically, if you use it then your target dies instantly. If you don't have all of the gear and enchants that I suggested then you may have to actually hit them with a Thunder Clap or a normal attack as well, but generally speaking you can just consider them dead.
This is the button that I spam when I'm in a large group so that I'm not having to pay attention to when Overpower or Revenge procs, and my Victory rushes get used right away. When you're in a large pack of mobs, it's not always easy to see that you've got Victory Rush available, so I'll often be spamming this macro during combat.
I personally like to use a variation of this macro for every attack that I put on my primary action bar, simply replacing Victory Rush with whatever attack ability I'm using. Thunderclap, Rend, Shield Bash, Sunder Armor, Mocking Blow – whatever it is, if it's on your action bar then use it in this macro so that you don't waste your procs.
Gearing Up Your Warrior
There are only a couple of stats that you care about with this build and this concept: Strength (Attack Power), and Stamina.
Warriors get 2 AP for every 1 Str, and since AP is fairly rare on low level items you'll mostly be looking for Strength as your source. Stamina is your source of health, of course, and since you'll be pulling more than normal with this type of character you will need that health now and then in order to survive.
Profession Suggestions
The purpose of this type of character is having fun, it's not to rush to 80 and start raiding with it, so the professions I'm going to list here are the ones that will help you with this.
Herbalism provides you with the Lifebloom heal over time effect which can really be useful when you're pulling very large groups of mobs and want to reduce your downtime while also increasing your survivability.
Skinning provides you with a bonus to your critical strike chance which is great since we're basically playing a DPS version of a tanking spec. The more you crit, the harder you hit, and the harder you hit the more rage you get, and the more rage you get the faster things die.
Engineering provides a couple of benefits for us. First off being another form of AoE damage in the form of bombs and dynamite, and secondly by providing helms that will give you Stamina bonuses early on and eventually attack power bonuses as well once you get up around level 50. Starting off the big thing is the explosives as they can provide you both with the extra damage as well as a few seconds of AoE stun that you can use for a single healing tic from a bandage if you're in serious trouble.
Mining is a decent benefit to you as well by providing a bonus to your Stamina. The extra health is good, though I wouldn't consider it as good as any of the others listed above.
The other professions themselves aren't particularly helpful for this, and the benefits they do provide come in the form of items that you can either purchase or make with an alt and then send them over. As far as those items go, potions or scrolls that provide Strength/Stamina/Agility are all good, as are any Armor bonuses you can find from consumables or armor kits made by leather workers.


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Betty White was honored with a star-studded tribute for her 90th birthday.
The actress, who actually turns 90 on January 17, was in Los Angeles on Sunday, January 8, for a taping of NBC television special "Betty White's 90th Birthday: A Tribute to America's Golden Girl," which debuts on January 16.
The occasion also coincided with baking company Betty Crocker's 90th birthday and they designed a three-tiered chocolate layer cake for the occasion.
"Betty White is one of the most popular actresses of our time, and Betty Crocker is honored to create this one-of-a-kind birthday cake for her," Kristen Olson, Betty Crocker food editor told The Huffington Post. "This cake is our gift to Betty White in celebration of her ninety amazing years, and we think this vibrant cake really reflects her personality and the many things we love about her."
The birthday special included appearances by Ellen DeGeneres, Morgan Freeman, Tina Fey, Ray Romano, Seth Meyers and Tracy Morgan, Carl Reiner, Jennifer Love Hewitt and Vicki Lawrence.
Other stars that appeared included White's former co-stars Mary Tyler Moore, Ed Asner, Valerie Harper and Gavin MacLeod for "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" and her current co-stars Valerie Bertinelli, Wendie Malick and Jane Leeves from "Hot In Cleveland."
The special airs on January 16 and will also feature performances surprise guest appearances and honor White's long career in entertainment.
As for what she'll be doing on her actual birthday, White told People magazine, "I'm going to sit back home with my golden retriever Pontiac."
"Usually I'll try to play catch-up with all the things I never will catch up on," she added. "I may just do crossword puzzles and indulge myself and have a wonderful time with my dog."
The actress also said she had no plans on retiring. "Everybody says, 'Why don't you retire? Why don't you quit?' Why should I quit when I'm having such a good time? So my New Year's resolution is to appreciate everything that's happening to me, and hopefully, hopefully continue to do it," she said.
White, who is the only surviving cast member of "Golden Girls," has made a comeback recently, appearing in films like "The Proposal" and "You Again."
The actress has also become one of the most popular senior television stars, especially following a "Saturday Night Live" hosting stint in 2010, which earned the "Golden Girls" star her fifth Emmy Award.
White also had another bit of good news for the New Year, her senior prank show "Betty White's Off Their Rockers" was picked up by NBC. The show is a hidden camera style series and will feature senior citizens pulling pranks on the younger generation. The first sneak preview airs after White's birthday special.
The new series is made up of 12 half-hour episodes and is based on a Belgian show called "Benidorm Bastards." Local versions of the show have been produced in other Europe countries and in South Korea.
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WASHINGTON — Nebraska Gov. Dave Heineman's approval of a revised route for the Keystone XL oil pipeline puts the long-delayed project back in the hands of the federal government.
But don't look for a quick decision on the $7 billion project, which would carry oil from Canada to the Texas Gulf Coast if allowed to move forward.
State Department officials said they do not expect to complete a review of the project before the end of March.
The 1,700-mile pipeline, which Calgary-based TransCanada first proposed in late 2008, has been thwarted since environmental groups and others raised concerns about a possible route through environmentally sensitive land in Nebraska.
Heineman says he believes that any spills along the new route would be localized and that cleanup responsibilities would fall to TransCanada.


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Juventus wins 2-0 at Udinese in Serie A
UDINE, Italy (AP) — Sebastian Giovinco and Fernando Llorente helped Juventus beat Udinese 2-0 on Monday and restore its eight-point lead at the top of the Serie A table.
With Carlos Tevez rested, Giovinco was handed a rare start and he put Juventus in front in the 16th minute, dribbling his way into the right of the area before curling a shot into the far corner.
Juventus doubled its lead 10 minutes later when Llorente prodded in a rebound after a goalmouth scramble following a corner.
Antonio Conte's side remains firmly on course for a Serie A and European double. Juventus faces Benefica in the Europa League semifinals as well as having a clear advantage over Roma with five rounds remaining.
"This was a 'red flag' match, we could have lost points at Udine," Conte said. "But we were very good in approaching the match with the right focus and attitude. We have to stay on the ball because Roma won't give up,
"I knew (Giovinco) was in great form. He has to realize he can make the difference even in a team like Juventus. We decided to rest Carlos also because he still has a bit of a thigh problem. We need everyone because we are involved on two fronts."
Giovinco almost got a second but Simone Scuffet palmed his effort round the far post, while he also hit the upright late on.
Scuffet has had a number of impressive performances of late and the 17-year-old goalkeeper is already being touted as Juventus counterpart Gianluigi Buffon's successor for Italy.
Udinese's best chance came in stoppage time when Luis Muriel's effort came off the base of the right post.
"We met a really strong side which deserved to win," Udinese coach Francesco Guidolin said. "My team played with courage and determination. Juventus was good in closing down the spaces but we played with pride and we gave everything we had to give."
There was a video tribute before the match to former Udinese player Piermario Morosini, who collapsed and died while playing on loan for Livorno against Pescara, two years ago to the day.


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On Sunday, most of us will huddle up in front of our televisions to watch that battle for that championship ring. Whether your gang includes football mavens or just a few fans, the big game is great reason to gather everyone together for some for casual winter entertaining. And while there may be a game on the big screen, a lot of the action takes place around the table – keeping everyone well fed is a sport in itself!
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This year, football fans will be looking for ways to jazz up the game day menu in the spirit of the host city, New Orleans. Take a page from "First Lady of Football" Olivia Manning's playbook and create hearty, crowd-pleasing dishes that can be made in advance of game day.
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Boots: I ordered the Pathfinder core rule book at my comic book shop. I should have it by Thursday.
I think you're always going to get that, to some extent.
I'm of 2 minds about that. I do find that has a nostalgic charm to it--but it was also an unnecessary bit of complexity.
Whenever you add realism, you necessarily give up simplicity; conversely, in order to gain simplicity you must add abstraction (the hit point system is a perfect example).
Because a two handed sword had enough reach to balance it versus the dagger
I think the key as DM is to make the obstacles less straight forward. Not to foil their builds just for the sake of it. But to make the obstacles challenging and interesting. Fights don't always occur on level ground. Put them in hip deep water and muck. Have mobs of archers. Put them on a narrow path on the side of a cliff, where falling off is a real possibility.
I used to play AD&D, our DM was a pedantic asshole who made things as tough as possible (and mixed in the holy grail as much as possible)
I used to play AD&D, our DM was a pedantic asshole who made things as tough as possible (and mixed in the holy grail as much as possible)<snip>
Religions need books because they don't have gods.
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Nick Cannon certainly didn't disappoint when he told PEOPLE that he and wife Mariah Carey were planning "something special" for the first birthday of their twins Moroccan and Monroe.
Taking their little ones on a getaway to Paris, several close friends accompanied them to the Plaza Athénée on Sunday, where Cannon — in typical festive fashion — made sure a good time was had by all.
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Dr Sotiris T Lalaounis is a Senior Lecturer in Marketing and Design Management with the Department of Organisation Studies. He joined the University of Exeter Business School in October 2011.
Dr Lalaounis was previously a part-time Lecturer with the Centre for Creative Industries at Glasgow Caledonian University. Prior to returning to academia, he held account management positions in design consultancies, managing digital accounts for major clients including DELL (EMEA), Scottish & Southern Energy and the De Vere Group of hotels.
Dr Lalaounis holds a BA(Hons) in Marketing from Strathclyde Business School, University of Strathclyde, an MSc in Public Relations from the University of Stirling, an MSc in Design & Digital Media from the University of Edinburgh, and a PhD from the Centre for Creative Industries at Glasgow Caledonian University. His PhD thesis investigated business development issues in the creative industries, with a focus on design consultancies, and was sponsored by the UK's Department of Trade and Industry through a Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP). He is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, and a member of the Chartered Institute of Marketing, the Design Management Institute, and the European Group for Organizational Studies.
Nationality: Greek / British
BA(Hons), MSc, MSc, PhD, PgCert, MCIM, FHEA
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- Paradoxes and Ambidexterity.
- Organisational Creativity and Innovation.
- Design Management.
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Dr Sotiris T Lalaounis is interested in the areas of organisational creativity, design management and the creative industries. He has a particular interest in design consultancy organisations, developed through his doctoral studies and his commercial experience. In his PhD thesis entitled: 'An Investigation into Business Development Issues in the Creative Industries', he explored the paradox between establishing internal organisational systems and maintaining creative autonomy, developed a framework for the evaluation of creative services in order to improve client relations, and explored the challenges associated with the merger of design consultancies.
Dr Lalaounis's research explores, through the theoretical lens of paradoxes and ambidexterity, how organisations in the creative industries manage creativity and innovation. Additionally, he is interested in the relation of design management with marketing, and has published an advanced textbook which explores organisation and marketing perspectives on design management (Routledge). In the past, Dr Lalaounis has been a member of a multi-disciplinary team working on a research project funded by the Scottish Funding Council under its Innovation Voucher Scheme.
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The Miami Heat will get an early preview of an expected first-round playoff matchup Tuesday night when they host the Milwaukee Bucks in South Beach.
The Heat wrapped up the top seed in the Eastern Conference and Milwaukee stands in eighth. The Bucks are 2 1/2 games behind the Boston Celtics for the seventh seed, but with just six games left in the regular season, this seems like a fairly safe bet as a first-round series.
Since the Heat's historic 27-game winning streak was snapped, they are 4-1, all the while, resting key players like LeBron James, Mario Chalmers and Dwyane Wade.
James came back on Saturday night when the Heat hosted, then hammered the Philadelphia 76ers, 106-87. He went for 27 points and was one of six Miami players in double figures. Chalmers scored 11 and Wade was shelved for the fourth straight game.
The Heat's win against the Sixers turned in the fourth quarter. Miami held a one-point lead with 12 minutes to go, but then outscored the Sixers 29-11 to cruise to the victory.
"In the second half, for better or worse, we just played more aggressively," said Heat coach Erik Spoelstra.
The Bucks secured their first playoff spot in three seasons their last time out.
A 100-83 home victory over the Toronto Raptors on Saturday allowed the Bucks to make the playoffs.
"You work hard all season, we've had ups and downs," said interim head coach Jim Boylan. "It's pretty nice to be able to clinch when you have six games left. It's a great feeling, very satisfying."
The Bucks jumped on the Raptors early, taking a 19-point lead into the locker room at halftime. They extended it further in the third quarter, and Toronto just adjusted the margin of victory with its play in the fourth.
Monta Ellis was sensational on Saturday with 22 points, nine assists and six steals. Brandon Jennings added 16 points, while Larry Sanders posted 12 points, nine rebounds and six blocks. Mike Dunleavy and Luc Mbah a Moute each had 10.
If this is indeed the first-round matchup in the playoffs, it could be a little more interesting than people think.
The Bucks defeated the Heat 104-85 in Milwaukee this season and the Bucks took the Heat to overtime in South Beach. The two teams have split the last 14 meetings, but Milwaukee has won four of its last six in Miami.


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In a letter to Administrator Lisa Jackson today, Congressman Marsha Blackburn (TN-7) called on the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to comply with the Regulatory Flexibility Act of 1980 and produce delinquent semiannual reports. The EPA is currently in non-comliance with the law since it failed to produce a semiannual regulatory agenda for fall 2012 and is now more than 184 days delinquent in fulfilling its obligation to publish a spring agenda.
In her letter, Congressman Blackburn wrote (click here for a copy):
"As the U.S. Small Business Administration Office of Advocacy clearly states, the "RFA requires agencies to examine public policy issues using an analytical process that identifies, among other things, barriers to small business competitiveness and seeks a level playing field for small entities, not an unfair advantage." Until the Environmental Protection Agency publishes the required semiannual regulatory agendas your agency will remain a barrier to small business competitiveness and will be stunting our nation's economic recovery by allowing investment capital to remain on the sidelines due to regulatory uncertainty.
"Throughout my career in public service I have often found that education and transparency are the most effective tools the federal government can use to help provide small businesses and industry with regulatory certainty. I ask that your agency comply with the RFA and produce the delinquent semiannual reports so that industry can properly prepare for the economic impact of potential burdensome regulatory action. Please note that I am copying Dr. Winslow Sargeant, Chief Counsel for Advocacy of the U.S. Small Business Administration on this letter and expect a complete review into your agency's lack of compliance with the RFA."