The Continuity of Literature
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Excerpt from The Continuity of Literature: Presidential Addresses, 1922 My feelings this afternoon would be ill-expressed if I did not find a few words to describe my pride and my pleasure in the honour you have done me by appointing me your President. I live far apart from your admirable activities, and I have never had the advantage of sharing your labours. I should therefore be frankly at a loss to know how you discovered me, did I not think the answer simply to be that you felt by instinct my sympathy in your work. So far, and so far only, can I dare to justify your choice. Your energy is all expended in spreading and in regulating the love of English Literature; and that has been my aim also all my life. Sixty years ago, furtively devouring Charles Lamb and Shelley in class-time, I became unconsciously dedicated to the religion of which you are the priesthood. In those dim years I was without a guide - without a star, as the poet says - merely by the magic of sweet music driven along a course which is now swept and rolled, elaborately mapped, and provided with sign-boards of all colours like the pathways in a German forest. Those of you who are engaged in teaching are much exercised about these rules and sign-boards. The report on ´The Teaching of English in England´, which Mr. Fisher ordered and Sir Henry Newbolt has edited, testifies to your zeal, and also, you will forgive me for saying, your bewilderment. The subject is one of very grave importance and difficulty, but I want to say quite clearly, at the outset, that it is not my subject to-day. I do not address myself to the teaching of children, but I offer a few reflections to those who study literature in the first instance for their own comfort and instruction. The subject I do venture to bring before you is one upon which I find myself holding views divergent from many critics who write at the present moment with authority and acceptance. But before I start, I should like to protest against the complaints which I constantly hear made of the ´indifference´ of the public to literature. As a nation we English love to depreciate ourselves collectively. 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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