Show I r f Democracy cracy of f Great Writers S FRANK CRANE CRANE By DR W When hen It comes to great books such such as tho those o of ot Shakespeare re and ad Goethe and Victor Hugo It wilt will be he found that they appeal t to the masses The con conscience conscience con con- science of ot Jean Joon Valjean or Macbeth and the SOrrows sorrows sorrows sor SOr- rows of Werther erther are such guch as eVe every man f feels ls Those hose books that are aze written for a class elMs or r appeal appeal appeal ap ap- ap- ap peal Only to the elect are arc not the classics of the world They are superficial rains ruins you jou OU might say and and soon run nm off ort But gre great edt l literature Is like the whole sea It 1 Is the cumulative spiritual gains Ins of the ages and every every man may iray take some part of af it for tor his own o Dr Harry Emerson merson ersan Fosdick has written a pamphlet pamphlet pam pam- called A aA Man and His Reading which calls galls attention to this fact that the great books of ot today taday are books of ot universal service Mrs Browning ha has said that no m man n ca can be called caned friendless s who has God and the C companionship companion ship ship- of good books Gr Great at books are like Odd d Inthe Inthe in inthe the tact fat that they appeal to the universal feelings of the world and ev every o man nan may use them as s hl his own Those who write for tor or tome rome special class or for forthe forthe forthe the initialled or who se seek sek k Iii ht some flome way to perk perl their style stylO out In a way that will appeal to a few ew have a limited rood readIngS reading It Is th those e who s speak eak to the world that h have ve a lot life Xo Xa man spOke to the heart of ot hum humanity ty and touched upon more mor uni universal ers l th themes themes' m ms s than did Jesus an and Moses Much uch of the lasting of ot ther the r religions the these e persons founded Is is' is du duct tto to U tiIs ls uni- uni of their appeal J It Is the common comman man than who lasts Democracy en en endure endure dure dures Classes Class change and fall fail Faiths come came and go but the eternal instincts of ot humanity are the same rome ye yesterday erda today and Md forever Tho The more mare th therefore that that- one cart Jl launch his craft out Into this gT great t sea ei a of f feeling and thought the more mare likely he Is to endure And the more mare he Sails his boat In the rivers and nl nd byways byways byways by by- ways of experience the more there eph ephemeral meral he is Copyright 1026 1126 by McClure Newspaper Syndicate SYndiC |