Macfall, Haldane, 1860-1928 · Boston : Dana Estes and Co. · leaf 228
made the problemdifficult for himself by employing the speech of dead days. Thecentury took itself seriously ; it was a century of nobly-strivingmen ; it was a century that realised that if ancient faiths were126 XVII WATTS 1817-1904 HOPE (Tate Gallery) The heavens are illuminated by a solitary… … OF PAINTING blown away, there was something more spiritual than mere arid WHEREINmaterialism to take its place. He felt the desolation of catchpennies WE WALKthat paraded under great words and empty battle-cries. He felt life WITH TWOas a great and dignified adventure ; and his age being a didactic…
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