Shakespeare: A Lecture

Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, New Age, History, Fiction & Literature
Cover of the book Shakespeare: A Lecture by Robert Green Ingersoll, Library of Alexandria
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Robert Green Ingersoll ISBN: 9781465588098
Publisher: Library of Alexandria Publication: March 8, 2015
Imprint: Language: English
Author: Robert Green Ingersoll
ISBN: 9781465588098
Publisher: Library of Alexandria
Publication: March 8, 2015
Imprint:
Language: English
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE was the greatest genius of our world. He left to us the richest legacy of all the dead—the treasures of the rarest soul that ever lived and loved and wrought of words the statues, pictures, robes and gems of thought. He was the greatest man that ever touched this grain of sand and tears, we call the world. It is hard to overstate the debt we owe to the men and women of genius. Take from our world what they have given, and all the niches would be empty, all the walls naked—meaning and connection would fall from words of poetry and fiction, music would go back to common air, and all the forms of subtle and enchanting Art would lose proportion and become the unmeaning waste and shattered spoil of thoughtless Chance. Shakespeare is too great a theme. I feel as though endeavoring to grasp a globe so large that the hand obtains no hold. He who would worthily speak of the great dramatist should be inspired by "a muse of fire that should ascend the brightest heaven of invention"—he should have "a kingdom for a stage, and monarchs to behold the swelling scene."
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE was the greatest genius of our world. He left to us the richest legacy of all the dead—the treasures of the rarest soul that ever lived and loved and wrought of words the statues, pictures, robes and gems of thought. He was the greatest man that ever touched this grain of sand and tears, we call the world. It is hard to overstate the debt we owe to the men and women of genius. Take from our world what they have given, and all the niches would be empty, all the walls naked—meaning and connection would fall from words of poetry and fiction, music would go back to common air, and all the forms of subtle and enchanting Art would lose proportion and become the unmeaning waste and shattered spoil of thoughtless Chance. Shakespeare is too great a theme. I feel as though endeavoring to grasp a globe so large that the hand obtains no hold. He who would worthily speak of the great dramatist should be inspired by "a muse of fire that should ascend the brightest heaven of invention"—he should have "a kingdom for a stage, and monarchs to behold the swelling scene."

More books from Library of Alexandria

Cover of the book In the Ranks of the C.I.V. by Robert Green Ingersoll
Cover of the book Samba: A Story of The Rubber Slaves of The Congo by Robert Green Ingersoll
Cover of the book History of the Revolt of the Netherlands (Complete) by Robert Green Ingersoll
Cover of the book The Remedy for Unemployment by Robert Green Ingersoll
Cover of the book Reptiles and Birds: A Popular Account of Their Various Orders, With a Description of the Habits and Economy of the Most Interesting by Robert Green Ingersoll
Cover of the book Ned in the Block-House: A Tale of Early Days in the West by Robert Green Ingersoll
Cover of the book Merkland: Self Sacrifice by Robert Green Ingersoll
Cover of the book Expositor's Bible: The Song of Solomon and the Lamentations of Jeremiah by Robert Green Ingersoll
Cover of the book The Character of a Priest by Robert Green Ingersoll
Cover of the book Annals of a Quiet Neighbourhood by Robert Green Ingersoll
Cover of the book Tolstoy as Man and Artist with an Essay on Dostoyevsky by Robert Green Ingersoll
Cover of the book The Wonderful Story of Washington and the Meaning of His Life for the Youth and Patriotism of America by Robert Green Ingersoll
Cover of the book Manual of Gardening by Robert Green Ingersoll
Cover of the book The Methods of Glass Blowing and of Working Silica in the Oxy-Gas Flame For the Use of Chemical and Physical Students by Robert Green Ingersoll
Cover of the book If Sinners Entice Thee by Robert Green Ingersoll
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy