Will O the Wisp
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| Hersteller: | Forgotten Books (Hookham, George) |
| Stand: | 2015-08-04 03:50:33 |
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Excerpt from Will O the Wisp: Or the Elusive Shakespeare We all of us have friends with whom we know, only too well, it is useless to reason on matters concerning which they have, as they term it, ´made up their minds.´ Whatever that curious phrase may imply, it certainly does not imply a logical process; at least not necessarily or even usually. It rather implies a somewhat wilful act of our own than a state of mind forced upon us by logic. Conclusions that have not been acquired logically cannot, as a rule, be displaced logically. The difficulty is the greater as the proportion of logic in the process of acquirement is less. Now, the vast majority of those who have ever given the matter a thought at all have ´made up their minds´ as to the authorship of the Shakespeare plays. They have not the smallest doubt that Shakspere of Stratford wrote them. But how many of them have arrived at their conclusion by a logical process? Personally, I should feel compelled to answer, none, believing that logic would have led them to the opposite conclusion. Let that pass, however, and let us give the safe answer: Not many. If questioned as to the grounds of their belief, they might say: Is not his name on the title-pages of poems and plays? The answer should be, No, it is ¬ but a substantially different name - but let that also pass for the present. Others who have gone, as they consider, more deeply into the matter, rely on the authority of Sir Sidney Lee. Who, they say, knows more about it than Sir Sidney Lee? I have heard some, who have barely looked inside his book, refer to it as conclusive on the matter. Of that, too, I shall have something to say. Last, but not least, and most perniciously, there are vested interests. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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