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Armed with pencil and paper Dr. Odell Shepard has been on a big game hunt. His search led him into no forests but into libraries, museums. Starting after the unicorn which, during 23 centuries, has been variously described as a fierce beast, combining the worst features of a rhinoceros -and a wild ass, and as a gentle little creature, the symbol of purity, Dr. Shepard discovered yet another version. His animal, a vague, almost holy myth comes c'oser to the heraldic unicorn which adorns the coat-of-arms of British rulers. This animal, kind, brave and beautiful...
This practice, a product of Italian commercial ingenuity, is stoutly condemned by Dr. Shepard. Says he: "The girl always plays her detestable role, drawing the unicorn to his death by acting on his highest nature, without the slightest compunction. . . . One feels that the supernal charm of chastity might be dispensed with if we could have a little more sense of fair play in its place...
Late in his life the unicorn entered Christian symbolism, suffered anatomical changes. Of this Author Shepard says: "A creature imagined nobly as terrible, solitary, with the beauty of power, was transformed under Christian influence into a little goatlike animal . . . serving as -the symbol of virginity." The unicorn in Britain's arms is pagan, imported by James I from Scottish heraldry...
...Author. Odell Shepard, 46, is critic, poet, essayist. He has written eight books, many poems for the Christian Science Monitor. His activities have included: reporting for a Chicago newspaper, church organist, 21 years teaching. Several years ago he told friends he was working on a new book, The Natural History of Hobby Horses. For the past 13 years he has been a professor of English at Trinity College, Hartford, Conn. He may be found during his off hours, walking, bicycling, fishing in the unicornless country about Hartford...
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