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Chapter 19

           YourememberwhatShelleywroteofcritics?No?Youwillfindthepassageinhisprefaceto‘TheRevoltofIslam,’anditrunsthus—‘IhavesoughttowriteasIbelievethatHomer,Shakespeare,andMiltonwrote,withanutterdisregardofanonymouscensure.Iamcertainthatcalumnyandmisrepresentation,thoughitmaymovemetocompassioncannotdisturbmypeace.Ishallunderstandtheexpressivesilenceofthosesagaciousenemieswhodarenottrustthemselvestospeak.Ishallendeavourtoextractfromthemidstofinsultandcontemptandmaledictions,thoseadmonitionswhichmaytendtocorrectwhateverimperfectionssuchcensurersmaydiscerninmyappealtothePublic.IfcertainCriticswereasclear-sightedastheyaremalignant,howgreatwouldbethebenefittobederivedfromtheirvirulentwritings!Asitis,IfearIshallbemaliciousenoughtobeamusedwiththeirpaltrytricksandlameinvectives.Shouldthepublicjudgethatmycompositionisworthless,IshallindeedbowbeforethetribunalfromwhichMiltonreceivedhiscrownofimmortality,andshallseektogather,ifIlive,strengthfromthatdefeat,whichmaynervemetosomenewenterpriseofthoughtwhichmaynotbeworthless!’"

           Asshegavethequotation,hereyesdarkenedanddeepened—herfacewaslightedupasbysomeinwardillumination—andIdiscoveredtherichsweetnessofthevoicewhichmadethenameof‘Mavis’suithersowell

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