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Mythology  the poet's necessity, the fertile mother of his inventions  has become a series of atmospheric phenomena, and the labours of Hercules prove to be a dozen weather bulletins. MYTHOLOGY THE POET'S NECESSITY THE FERTILE MOTHER OF HIS INVENTIONS HAS BECOME A SERIES OF ATMOSPHERIC PHENOMENA AND THE LABOURS OF HERCULES PROVE TO BE A DOZEN WEATHER BULLETINS
h lurks in the patent-medicine advertisements, and sometimes creeps stealthily into the very editorials. We must all learn the true facts of history, whether we will or no; eventually, the writers of historical romance will not escape. "So the sad tale goes. Ignorance--beautiful, divine Ignorance--is forsaken by a generation that clamours for the truth. The earnest-minded person has plucked Zeus out of Heaven, and driven the Maenad from the wood, and dragged Poseidon out of his deep-sea palace. The conclaves of Olympus, it appears, are merely nature-myths; the stately legends clustering about them turn out to be a rather elaborate method of expressing the fact that it occasionally rains. The heroes who endured their angers and jests and tragic loves are delicately veiled allusions to the sun--surely, a very harmless topic of conversation, even in Greece; and the monsters, 'Gorgons and Hydras and Chimæras dire,' their grisly offspring, their futile opponents, are but personified frosts. THE NEWSPAPERS ARE INFECTED TRUTH LURKS IN THE PATENT MEDICINE ADVERTISEMENTS AND SOMETIMES CREEP STEALTHILY INTO THE VERY EDITORIALS WE MUST ALL LEARN THE TRUE FACTS OF HISTORY WHETHER WE WILL OR NO EVENTUALLY THE WRITERS OF HISTORICAL ROMANCE WILL NOT ESCAPE SO THE SAD TALE GOES IGNORANCE BEAUTIFUL DIVINE IGNORANCE IS FORSAKEN BY A GENERATION THAT CLAMORS FOR THE TRUTH THE EARNEST MINDED PERSON HAS PLUCKED ZEUS OUT OF HEAVEN AND DRIVEN THE MINUT FROM THE WOOD AND DRAGGED POSEIDON OUT OF HIS DEEP SEA PALACE THE CONCLAVES OF OLYMPUS IT APPEARS ARE MERELY NATURE MYTHS THE STATELY LEGENDS CLUSTERING ABOUT THEM TURN OUT TO BE A RATHER ELABORATE METHOD OF EXPRESSING THE FACT THAT IT OCCASIONALLY REIGNS THE HEROES WHO ENDURED THEIR ANGERS AND JESTS AND TRAGIC LOVES ARE DELICATELY VEILED ALLUSIONS TO THE SUN SURELY A VERY HARMLESS TOPIC OF CONVERSATION EVEN IN GREECE AND THE MONSTERS GORGIANS AND HYDRAS AND CAMIRAS DIRE THEIR GRISLY OFFSPRING THEIR FUTILE OPPONENTS ARE BUT PERSONIFIED FROSTS
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