. Compromise andcatholicity are virtues in individuals perhaps, buta general needs be a fanatic and take a narrow viewof things. Mr. Morris was steeped in knowledgeof the past, and openly proclaimed indifference, ifnot contempt, for modern attempts at originality.He loved archaic words, archaic… … tion was accidentally delayed for some few cen-turies. We know that this slavish deference toprecedent was inspired by sheer humility. He,great as the masters he worshipped, would notventure to enrol himself as their rival, but wasalways the faithful, loyal disciple, who never deviatedknowingly…
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