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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 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
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. 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. F 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 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
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