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Show Poet as Lawmaker, Slgnor d'Annunzlo, Italy's poet-Idol and political leador, comes nearest of all men to Justifying tho dictum of Flotchor of Saltoun regarding tho powor of tho pool as a lawmakor. For d'Annunzlo has "sung" Italy into war -by his own ballads. In order that Fletcher may not suffer from tho usual misquotation, his actual words may bo hero sot down. Thoy are takon from an "Imaginary Conversation Conversa-tion I know," ho says, "a very wlso man so much of Sir Christophor's sontlraent that ho bollovod if a man woro permitted to mako nil tho ballads bal-lads ho need not enro who should mako tho laws of a nation." London Chronicle. |