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...word-even to those who know nothing of Shakespeare. For the most part, he manages to elucidate even the trickiest turns of idiom by pantomime or a pure gift for thought transference. But wherever it has seemed necessary, old words have been changed for new. Recks not his own rede becomes Minds not his own creed. In all, there are 25 such changes. Some are debatable, but the principle is sound. It is equally sound, of course, to cut the text. There are purists who will yell bloody murder at the very idea that Shakespeare can possibly be "improved...
...Ross REDE...
...Donald Rede Carse, of New York...
Professor Huxley has been appointed Sir Robert Rede's lecturer at Cambridge, England, during the present year. The professor's connection with Cambridge has recently become more close and authoritative from his selection as one of the non-resident electors to the professorships of anatomy and physiology...