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Popular education was diffused. POPULAR EDUCATION WAS DIFFUSED
hat blossomed under the chisel, the old legends were, by the new currents of truth, given a mystic glow. As wonderful as the rise of Gothic architecture and the upbuilding of cathedrals, as glorious as the light and art, that beautify the great temples of worship, was this re-birth of the Arthurian legends. For now, again, the old virtues of the knightly days--loyalty, obedience, redress of wrongs, reverence of womanhood, and the application of Christian ethics to the old rude rules of decency, lifted the life of the common people to a nobler plane and ushered in the modern days. Then, after seven hundred years, a host of singers, Tennyson leading them all, attuned the old Celtic harp. They reset for us the Cymric melody and colorful incidents in "the light that never was on sea or land." The old days live again in a greater glory. Lady Guest put the Mabinogion into English, and Renan, and Arnold, and Rolleston, and Rhys, in prose, competed in praise of the heritages from the old time. WERE BUILT NO LONGER OF WOOD BUT OF STONE THAT BLOSSOMED UNDER THE CHISEL THE OLD LEGENDS WERE BY THE CURRENTS OF TRUTH GIVEN A MYSTIC GLOW AS WONDERFUL AS THE RISE OF GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE AND THE UPBUILDING OF CATHEDRALS AS GLORIOUS AS THE LIGHT AND ARTS THAT BEAUTIFY THE GREAT TEMPLES OF WORSHIP WAS THIS REBIRTH TO THE ARTHURIAN LEGENDS FOR NOW AGAIN THE OLD VIRTUES OF THE NIGHTLY DAYS LOYALTY OBEDIENCE REDRESS OF WRONGS REVERENCE OF WOMANHOOD AND THE APPLICATION OF CHRISTIAN ETHICS TO THE OLD RUDE RULES OF DECENCY LIFT THE LIFE OF THE COMMON PEOPLE TO A NOBLER PLANE AND USHERED IN MODERN DAYS THEN AFTER SEVEN HUNDRED YEARS A HOST OF SINGERS TENNYSON LEADING THEM ALL ATTUNE TO THE OLD CELTIC HAP THEY RESET US TO THE CUMBRIC MELODY AND COLORFUL INCIDENT IN THE LIGHT THAT NEVER WAS ON SEA OR LAND THE OLD DAYS LIVE AGAIN IN GREATER GLORY MIDLADY GUEST PUT THE MABINOGNON INTO ENGLISH AND RENNAND AND ARNAULD AND ROLLASTON AND RHS IN PROSE COMPLETED THE PRAISE OF HERITAGES FROM THE OLD TIME
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