. In the forest of Arden. its comfort, is a short one, it would goill with the lovers of the Forest* Morethan once it has happened that some offender has suffered so long a banish-ment that he has taken permanentrefuge in Arden, and proved his citi-zenship there by some act worthy ofits glorious privileges. In the Forestone comes constantly upon traces ofthose who, like Dante and Milton, havefound there a refuge from the Philis-tinism of a world that often hates itschildren in exact proportion to theirability to give it light. For the mostpart, however, the outlaws who frequentthe Forest suffe


. In the forest of Arden. its comfort, is a short one, it would goill with the lovers of the Forest* Morethan once it has happened that some offender has suffered so long a banish-ment that he has taken permanentrefuge in Arden, and proved his citi-zenship there by some act worthy ofits glorious privileges. In the Forestone comes constantly upon traces ofthose who, like Dante and Milton, havefound there a refuge from the Philis-tinism of a world that often hates itschildren in exact proportion to theirability to give it light. For the mostpart, however, the outlaws who frequentthe Forest suffer no longer banishment I than that which they impose on them-selves. They come and go at theirown sweet will; and their coming, Isuspect, is generally a matter of theirown choosing. The world still lovesdarkness more than light; but it rarelynowadays falls upon the lantern-bearer. 14


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