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English
1823
We should not be angry with them. We should the rather pity them. We ourselves had a friend once who suffered from this misfortune. WE SHOULD NOT BE ANGRY WITH THEM WE SHOULD RATHER PITY THEM WE OURSELVES HAD FRIENDS WHO ONCE SUFFERED FROM THIS MISFORTUNE
was! Everybody loves the stage child. They catch it up in their bosoms every other minute and weep over it. They take it in turns to do this. Nobody--on the stage, we mean--ever has enough of the stage child. Nobody ever tells the stage child to "shut up" or to "get out of this." Nobody ever clumps the stage child over the head. When the real child goes to the theater it must notice these things and wish it were a stage child. The stage child is much admired by the audience. Its pathos makes them weep; its tragedy thrills them; its declamation--as for instance when it takes the center of the stage and says it will kill the wicked man, and the police, and everybody who hurts its mar--stirs them like a trumpet note; and its light comedy is generally held to be the most truly humorous thing in the whole range of dramatic art. But there are some people so strangely constituted that they do not appreciate the stage child; they do not comprehend its uses; they do not understand its beauties.  MIDDLE OF AN EVENING PARTY WHO ITS FATHER WAS EVERYBODY LOVES THE STAGE CHILD THEY CATCH IT UP IN THEIR BOSOMS EVERY OTHER MINUTE AND WEEP OVER IT THEY TAKE IT IN TURNS TO DO THIS NOBODY ON THE STAGE WE MEAN EVER HAS ENOUGH OF THE STAGE CHILD NOBODY TELLS THE STAGE CHILD TO SHUT UP OR GET OUT OF THIS NOBODY EVER CLUMPS THE STAGE CHILD OVER THE HEAD WHEN THE REAL CHILD GOES TO THE THEATRE YOU MUST NOTICE THESE THINGS AND WISH YOU WERE A STAGE CHILD THE STAGE CHILD IS ADMIRED BY THE AUDIENCE ITS PATHOS MAKES THEM WEEP ITS TRAGEDY THRILLS THEM ITS DECLAMATION AS FOR INSTANCE WHEN IT TAKES THE CENTRE OF THE STAGE AND SAYS IT WILL KILL THE WICKED MAN AND THE POLICE AND EVERYBODY HURTS ITS MASTERS LIKE THEM A TRUMPET NOTE AND ITS LIGHT COMEDY IS GENERALLY HELD TO BE THE MOST TRULY HUMOROUS THING IN THE WHOLE RANGE OF DRAMATIC ART BUT THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE WHO STRANGELY CONSTITUTED THAT THEY DO NOT APPRECIATE THE STAGE CHILD THEY DO NOT COMPREHEND ITS USES THEY DO NOT UNDERSTAND ITS BEAUTIES
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