Word: giordano
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Dates: during 1890-1890
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...leading article of the month is a scholarly account of the Trial, Opinions and Death of Giordano Bruno, by William R. Thayer. The story of "opinions" is particularly lucid and interesting. "Emerson would have been condemned by that Inquisition," says Mr. Thayer, "for two of his sentences." The Value of the Corner, by G. P. Lathrop, is one of those discussive essays upon nothing in particular and many things in general, such as Lamb delighted in. There is nothing else Lamb-like, however, in Mr. Lathrop's theory of the advantages for solitude of a corner. "A Forgotten Episode...