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...cold, impersonal pantheism, revelling in contradictions, tolerating all forms of religion and even no religion at all; but refusing to tolerate anything which conflicts with his caste system. With a marvillous faculty of imagination and beauty of thought, the Hindoo compbines vices of the worst kind. As Macaulay says, with the Hindoo "emblems of vice are emblems of worship." He needs Christianity to teach him purity, the dignity of human nature, and the need of helping others...
...Copeland gave a biographical sketch of Sheridan, and read Macaulay's famous description of the scene of the trial of Warren Hastings when Sheridan made one of the most brilliant speeches ever made in English, but the body of the lecture was on his qualities as a play-wright. He was characterized as possessing singular dramatic talent and shining wit, but as lacking the imagination and humanity of Goldsmith...
...Copeland's lecture on Fannie Burney yesterday afternoon was very entertaining. The life and humorous characteristics of Miss Burney and her brilliant circle of friends, including Johnson, Burke and Garrick, received more attention than her writings. The reading was from Macaulay's "Essay on Madam d'Arblay,"- Fannie Burney-and from the novelists own works, including selections from her diary...
...Newton 1 G., is the author of "The Recent Crisis in India," a political and historical essay of a good deal of weight. He seems to be a master of his subject and of the historical style of Macaulay. The paragraphing in particular reminds one of Macaulay's rhetorical methods...
...Cromwell our "chief of men"? (Compare Macaulay, Carlyle, and Gardiner's Cromwell's Place in History, and state conclusions...