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active 19th century E. W. Smithson. Baconian Essays
Baconian Essays
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ERRATA (Corrected in this etext.)
BACONIAN ESSAYS
INTRODUCTORY
THE MASQUE OF “TIME VINDICATED”[28]
SHAKESPEARE—A THEORY
NOTES TO SHAKESPEARE—A THEORY
BEN JONSON AND SHAKESPEARE BEN JONSON AND SHAKESPEARE[44]
BACON AND “POESY”
“THE TEMPEST” AND ITS SYMBOLISM “THE TEMPEST” AND ITS SYMBOLISM[73]
THE COMMON KNOWLEDGE OF SHAKESPEARE AND BACON
THE NORTHUMBERLAND MANUSCRIPT
FINAL NOTE
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active 19th century E. W. Smithson
Published by Good Press, 2019
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Yet, as M. Lefranc truly says, “L’hétérodoxie dans ce domaine [the “Shakespearean” authorship to wit] a paru jusqu’à présent aux maïtres des universités et aux érudits, une opinion de mauvais goût, temeraire et malséante, dont la science patentée n’avait pas à s’occuper, sauf pour la condamner.”[14] But he continues—I will now translate—“I am convinced that every one who has preserved an independent opinion concerning the Shakespeare problem will recognise that the old positions of the traditional doctrine can no longer be maintained. … The laws of psychology, and, what is more, of simple common sense, ought to banish for ever the absurd theory which would have us believe in an incomparable writer whose life was absolutely out of harmony with the marvellous works which appeared in his name. It is time to take decisive action against that immense error, and against the incredible naiveté upon which it rests.”
“Simple common sense.” Aye, but when I spoke not long ago to a well-known writer, who is a Stratfordian enragé, of “common sense” in this matter, what was his reply? “Oh, damn common sense!”—a characteristic interjection which might well be adopted as the motto of all the “Stratfordian” highbrows of the present day.
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