. Shakespere: his birthplace and its neighborhood. — jxxey Stalks. 8—2. CHAPTER XIII. SHAKSPEEE. I should indeed be guilty of giving Hamlet without Hamlet,were I to omit a chapter upon Shakspere himself, for I willnot pay so bad a compliment to the reader as to supposethat he is impelled by the mere love of vulgar sight-seeingto visit Stratford. And my aim here will be, what ithas been throughout the book, to show Shakspere as a SHAKSPEEE. 117 moralist, and to remove the impression of that commonopinion about him, which is still so current, that he was agreat irregular genius. And let no one t
. Shakespere: his birthplace and its neighborhood. — jxxey Stalks. 8—2. CHAPTER XIII. SHAKSPEEE. I should indeed be guilty of giving Hamlet without Hamlet,were I to omit a chapter upon Shakspere himself, for I willnot pay so bad a compliment to the reader as to supposethat he is impelled by the mere love of vulgar sight-seeingto visit Stratford. And my aim here will be, what ithas been throughout the book, to show Shakspere as a SHAKSPEEE. 117 moralist, and to remove the impression of that commonopinion about him, which is still so current, that he was agreat irregular genius. And let no one take alarm at thatword moralist, for by it I simply wish to indicate thecomprehensive manner in which Shakspere ought to betreated. I am not going to prove that he belonged to anyschool or sect, but simply intend treating him as theCatholic priest of all humanity, believing with Milton that the lofty grave tragedians are the teachers best of moralprudence. The word moralist includes everythingconcerning a man; and no great work of art can help butbe deeply moral, for
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