. Robert Browning . Froftt a drazving by Byam Shaiv ANDREA DEL SARTO (The Faultless Painter)(Reproduced from Poems by Robert Browning, by kind permission of Messrs. George Bell & Sons) ROBERT BROWNING 27 ROBERTBROWNING, Frovi a photograph by Cameron (Reproduced by permission of Mr. J. Caswall Smith). presumptuous to predict oblivion for a figure so great, for a heartso noble, for a soul so large; and, indeed, it is presumptuous topronounce any opinion as to the taste of our great-grandchildren,which may possibly be worse than our own. It is, however, lesspresumptuous to say that a contemporary

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. Robert Browning . Froftt a drazving by Byam Shaiv ANDREA DEL SARTO (The Faultless Painter)(Reproduced from Poems by Robert Browning, by kind permission of Messrs. George Bell & Sons) ROBERT BROWNING 27 ROBERTBROWNING, Frovi a photograph by Cameron (Reproduced by permission of Mr. J. Caswall Smith). presumptuous to predict oblivion for a figure so great, for a heartso noble, for a soul so large; and, indeed, it is presumptuous topronounce any opinion as to the taste of our great-grandchildren,which may possibly be worse than our own. It is, however, lesspresumptuous to say that a contemporary will be forgotten thanto say that he will be remembered—a kind of vicarious egoismwhich is too common. Vicarious modesty is rare in the worldof letters. It is easier to be modest for yourself than for your 28 ROBERT BROWNING

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