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"God's most candid critics are those of his children whom he has made poets."

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"The late Mr. Froude, with a poet's instinct for unity, chose to regard the whole story of the English Voyages as an a…"

"... these men, though there was little of saintliness in their character, had a religion, and fought and suffered for…"

"Like Napoleon's Italian campaign, the achievements of Drake on the Spanish Main show a master at work, unburdened and…"

"Of all the notable Elizabethans, Sir Walter Raleigh is perhaps the most difficult to understand. He has the insolent …"

"Over and against the plays of Shakespeare and his fellows, as their natural counterpart, must be set the Voyages of H…"

"Definition and division are the watchwords of science, where art is all for composition and creation."