| Show Professor Marshalls Marshall's Lecture 1 J. J A sized good and very attentive audience audience heard Professor Marshall lecture lecture lecture lec lec- ture on 01 II The Period of the Revolution Re Burns and His Successors f The first part of the lecture was def devoted devoted devoted de de- f voted to showing the great awakening of the English world in the last part of the eighteenth century an awakening primarily to the recognition of the rights of all men This tendency was seen in the political al social religious and industrial revolutions of the time Kings were overthrown in America and France and republics were established and movements were begun in England which ultimately resulted in the enfranchisement enfranchisement enfranchisement of men Reforms were many prisons were improved slavery was abolished charities were established there was less venality morals were better and religion became a living spirit instead of a dead form Many saving labor-saving machines were in invented which soon greatly improved the condition condition condition con con- of laboring classes Th The last part of the lecture discussed the literature of the time as reflecting th the spirit of the age The artificial principles of Pope were contrasted with the freedom of subject and treatment of the new age Poetry instead of appealing appealing appeal appeal- ing only to the he court circles embodied universal thoughts and sentiments Goldsmith Go Gray Cowper and r ally Burns were the most conspicuous poets of the new school The poems of t Burns were dealt with more at length Copious extracts were read illustrative j n of the various qualities of the poets poet's work satire devotion life home-life patriotism love and humility r f I |
