The Writings of James Russell Lowell, Vol. 3 In Prose and Poetry (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from The Writings of James Russell Lowell, Vol. 3: In Prose and Poetry Equilibrium of his judgment, essential to him as an artist, but equally removed from propagandism, whether as enthusiast or logician, would have un fitted him for the pulpit and his intellectual being was too sensitive to the wonder and beauty of out ward life and Nature to have found satisfaction, as Milton's could, (and perhaps only by reason of his blindness, ) in a world peopled by purely imaginary figures. We might fancy him becoming a great statesman, but he lacked the social position which could have opened that career to him. What we mean when we say Shakespeare, is something in conceivable either during the reign of Henry the Eighth, or the Commonwealth, and which would have been impossible after the Restoration. 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.