“Who of English speech, bred to the traditions of his race, does not recognize Hamlet in his 'inky cloak' at a glance? Not to know him would argue one's self untaught in the chief glories of his language.” KnowsDoeSelfLanguageRaceSpeechGloryTraditionArguingChiefsGlancesCloaks Book:Collected Essays: The torch and other lectures and addresses Source: Collected Essays: The torch and other lectures and addresses
“Art has a double visage: it looks before and after. Romance is its forward-looking face. The germ of growth is in romanticism. Formalism, on the other hand, consolidates tradition; gleans what has been gained and makes it facile to the hand or the mind; economizes the energy of genius.” MindLooksHas BeensArtHandsFacesRomanceEnergyGrowthGeniusTraditionRomanticismGermsBefore And After Book:Shakespeare: An Address Source: Shakespeare: An Address
“Our understanding of Shakespeare already depends largely on the vitality of Renaissance elements in our education. Each man must live in his own generation, as the saying is; but the generations are bound together by the golden links of the great tradition of civilization.” MenTogetherUnderstandingGenerationsDependsCivilizationElementsTraditionBoundsGoldenLinksVitalityRenaissance Book:Collected Essays: The torch and other lectures and addresses Source: Collected Essays: The torch and other lectures and addresses
