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Chapter II

           Theyrememberthattheytootroddownasatedgeneration,withjustsuchclamorandwithjustsuchscorn,andtheyforeseethatthesebravetorch-bearerswillpresentlyyieldtheirplacealso.Thereisnolastword.ThenewevangelwasoldwhenNinevehrearedhergreatnesstothesky.Thesegallantwordswhichseemsonoveltothosethatspeakthemweresaidinaccentsscarcelychangedahundredtimesbefore.Thependulumswingsbackwardsandforwards.Thecircleisevertravelledanew.

           Sometimesamansurvivesaconsiderabletimefromanerainwhichhehadhisplaceintoonewhichisstrangetohim,andthenthecuriousareofferedoneofthemostsingularspectaclesinthehumancomedy.Whonow,forexample,thinksofGeorgeCrabbe?Hewasafamouspoetinhisday,andtheworldrecognisedhisgeniuswithaunanimitywhichthegreatercomplexityofmodernlifehasrenderedinfrequent.HehadlearnthiscraftattheschoolofAlexanderPope,andhewrotemoralstoriesinrhymedcouplets.ThencametheFrenchRevolutionandtheNapoleonicWars,andthepoetssangnewsongs.Mr.Crabbecontinuedtowritemoralstoriesinrhymedcouplets.Ithinkhemusthavereadtheverseoftheseyoungmenwhoweremakingsogreatastirintheworld,andIfancyhefounditpoorstuff.Ofcourse,muchofitwas.ButtheodesofKeatsandofWordsworth,apoemortwobyColeridge,afewmorebyShelley,discoveredvastrealmsofthespiritthatnonehadexploredbefore.Mr.Crabbewasasdeadasmutton,butMr.Crabbecontinuedtowritemoralstoriesinrhymedcouplets.Ihavereaddesultorilythewritingsoftheyoungergeneration

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