Cambria Upon Two Sticks; Or the Eisteddvod and the Readings
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Excerpt from Cambria Upon Two Sticks; Or the Eisteddvod and the Readings: To Which Is Added Two Cantos, Entitled Harry Vaughan, and a Selection of Songs and Poems Having for so many years witnessed the efforts of Welshmen to keep alive the Welsh Language, as well as to foster the English, by encouraging and supporting its Schools in every part of the Principality; I could not fail to discover in many instances how often the wished for results had either been retarded, or nullified by the ignorance or the selfishness of such as had seemed to have them nearest to their hearts. To the continual recurrence of disappointments and the complaints consequent, upon them may be attributed the existence of this Poem, whose title I must acknowledge, seems to justify the belief, that I intended to produce a Satire; but, the truth is, notwithstanding my willingness to ridicule at times, what in itself is truly ridiculous, I have only done so in this Poem as I have in teaching, as well as in Adjudicating at Eisteddvodau. I have been, as Alexander Pope would say, "Still pleased to praise, yet not afraid to blame." Yes, I have in my unwillingness to hurt the feelings of any, used only fictitious names where I might have used the real ones; but, to spare sins for the sake of the blunderer is what no man should do; inasmuch as no improvement can ever result from such teaching as that. For the consolation of such as dread exposure, I am able to say, that the faults which I have censured, are yet too common to make their commission a cause of painful apprehension. It is undeniable, that at our Eisteddvodau there often seems to be a greater desire in those who promote them as well as those for whose sake they are promoted to secure praise than to deserve it; and there can be no doubt that indiscriminate praise has too often made fools of adjudicators and competitors. As to the latter, it has on many occasions, to my knowledge, determined them to have, if possible, only judges of their own choice: while the donors of prizes have, on their part, as often taken upon them to hint, and at times, even to dictate as to whom they would have to win. With equal disregard for justice, have committees too made favourites, and done their best for them, to the cruel injury of their superiors in merit. 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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