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...perfect pathos of his whole representation of the tottering, grand old king, dozens of people came away feeling no more kinship with the woes of "Lear" than they would with some fate-driven hero of Greek drama. In fact, many admitted this parallel, and spoke of feeling something akin to the remote admiration that they felt for the OEdipus of Mr. Riddle when first presented to them at Cambridge, a few seasons...
...article upon the Exeter trouble the New York Times says that Professor Wentworth is deeply respected by graduates of the school. The feeling which we have heard some graduates express for that professor did not seem to us to be any thing akin to reverence...
Human hearts from youth akin...
...sorrow akin to despair...
Know'st thou the feeling - akin to perdition...