Show It may be of interest to note in in connection connection connection con con- with this that on the authority of Prof Lombroso of whose qualifications for making the statement we are areE E unable to learn Dante was a a. a madman i Dr Durand Fardel a French physician made this diagnosis of the mental condition condition condi condi- f tion of the great Italian poet a long longtime longtime r. r time ago Now it has been revived with additions by Prof Lorn Lombroso broso According According According Accord Accord- ing to Prof Lombroso Dante was subject subject subject sub sub- to epileptic fits Dr Fardel sees in his Visions of Hell Heaven Heaven- and Purgatory Purgatory Purgatory Purga Purga- tory the results of a maniacs maniac's dreams Prof Lombroso f furthermore expatiates on the irascibility inordinate vanity and violent character of the Florentine poet |