Wagner's Ring of the Nibelung, and the Conditions of Ideal Manhood (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Excerpt from Wagner's Ring of the Nibelung, and the Conditions of Ideal Manhood

Agner's Ring of the Nz'belung has not yet got beyond the bounds of ignorant, irrelevant criticism. Even from some of the undoubted adherents to the Wagner cause, a sop is thrown to the watchdog of conventional morality when defending the Ring from critics with nothing to lose, no cause to uphold, no genius round whom to gather. It is useless to discuss seriously the import of Wagner's drama with these critics.

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Excerpt from Wagner's Ring of the Nibelung, and the Conditions of Ideal Manhood

Isab. But man, proud man!
Dressed in a little brief authority;
Most ignorant of what he's most assured,
His glassy essence, - like an angry ape
Plays such fantastic tricks before high heaven
As make the angels weep.

Aug. Why do you put these sayings upon me?

Isab. Because authority, though it err like others,
Hath yet a kind of medicine in itself
That skims the vice o' the top. Go to your bosom;
Knock there, and ask your heart, what it doth know
That's like my brother's fault; if it confess
A natural guiltiness such as is his,
Let it not sound a thought upon your tongue
Against my brother's life.

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Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com

This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.