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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. 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
erest then became abnormal. "There are," Mr. Kennaston complained, rather reproachfully, "too many inquiries, doubts, investigations, discoveries, and apologies. There are palliations of Tiberius, eulogies of Henry VIII., rehabilitations of Aaron Burr. Lucretia Borgia, it appears, was a grievously misunderstood woman, and Heliogabalus a most exemplary monarch; even the dog in the manger may have been a nervous animal in search of rest and quiet. As for Shakespeare, he was an atheist, a syndicate, a lawyer's clerk, an inferior writer, a Puritan, a scholar, a _nom de plume_, a doctor of medicine, a fool, a poacher, and another man of the same name. Information of this sort crops up on every side. Even the newspapers are infected; truth 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. LORN DOZE STARTED VIOLENTLY HIS INTEREST THEN BECAME ABNORMAL THERE ARE MISTER KENNASTON COMPLAINED RATHER REPROACHFULLY TOO MANY INQUIRIES DOUBTS INVESTIGATIONS DISCOVERIES AND APOLOGIES THERE ARE PALLIATIONS OF TIBERIUS EULOGIES OF HENRY THE EIGHTH REHABILITATIONS OF AARON BURR LUCRETIA BORGIA IT APPEARS WAS A GRIEVOUSLY MISUNDERSTOOD WOMAN AND HELIOGABALUS A MOST EXEMPLARY MONARCH AND EVEN THE DOG IN THE MANGER MAY HAVE BEEN A NERVOUS ANIMAL IN SEARCH OF REST AND QUIET AS FOR SHAKESPEARE HE WAS AN ATHEIST A SYNDICATE A LAWYER'S CLERK AN INFERIOR WRITER A PURITAN A SCHOLAR A NOMDA PLUME A DOCTOR OF MEDICINE A FOOL A POACHER AND ANOTHER MAN OF THE SAME NAME INFORMATION OF THIS SORT CROPS UPON EVERY SIDE EVEN 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
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