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You may copy it, give it away or -re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included -with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org/license - - -Title: The Vision of Dante - A story for little children and a talk to their mothers - (Second Edition) - -Author: Elizabeth Harrison - -Illustrator: Walter Crane - -Release Date: April 11, 2016 [EBook #51732] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: UTF-8 - -*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE VISION OF DANTE *** - - - - -Produced by Charlene Taylor, Chuck Greif and the Online -Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This -file was produced from images generously made available -by The Internet Archive) - - - - - - - - - - - - DANTE - - - - - THE VISION OF DANTE - - A STORY FOR LITTLE CHILDREN AND A TALK TO - THEIR MOTHERS - - BY - - ELIZABETH HARRISON - - SECOND EDITION - - ILLUSTRATED BY WALTER CRANE - - PUBLISHED BY THE CHICAGO KINDERGARTEN COLLEGE - ART INSTITUTE BUILDING, CHICAGO, ILL. - 1894 - - COPYRIGHTED - BY ELIZABETH HARRISON - 1892 - - The Lakeside Press - R. R. DONNELLEY & SONS CO., CHICAGO - - - - -_PREFACE._ - - -_Is not the reason why the Divine Comedy is called a “world poem” to be -found in these significant facts: it portrays the sudden awakening of a -human soul to the consciousness of having gone astray; it shows the -loathsome nature of sin; it pictures the struggle necessary to be freed -from sin; it emphasizes that God is ready to help as soon as the soul is -ready to be helped; and at last it declares that the Vision of God will -come to the soul which perseveres in the struggle? These are the -essential truths which make the great poem of Dante one of the -masterpieces of the world of art. May not it--as well as all other truly -great things--be given to little children in a simple way?_ - - - - -THE VISION OF DANTE. - - -I want to tell a wonderful story to you, dear children. It has been told -over and over again for six hundred years, yet people keep reading it, -and re-reading it, and wise men never tire of studying it. Many great -artists have painted pictures, and sculptors have made statues, and -musicians have composed operas, and clergymen have written sermons from -thoughts inspired by it. A great poet first gave it to the world in the -form of a grand poem which some day you may read, but I will try to tell -it to you to-day as a short story. I am afraid that you would go to -sleep if I should undertake to read the poem to you. You do not yet know -enough about life to understand it. - -Once upon a time, very long ago, there was a man whose name was Dante. -He had done wrong and had wandered a long way from his home. He does not -tell us how or why. He begins by saying that he had gone to sleep in a -great forest. Suddenly he awoke, and tried to find his way out of it, -first by one path and then another; but all in vain. - -Through an opening where the tall trees had not grown quite so thick, he -saw in the distance a great mountain, on the top of which the sun was -shining brightly. “Ah!” thought he to himself, “if I can but reach the -top of that mountain I am sure I can see a long way in every direction. -No woods can grow tall enough to keep me from finding my path then!” So -with fine courage he started toward the mountain, but he had not walked -far when a beautiful, spotted panther stood with glaring eyes in his -pathway. He trembled, for he knew that going forward meant that he would -be destroyed. He turned hastily aside into another path, but he had gone -only a short distance in this direction before he saw a huge lion coming -towards him. In greater haste than before he turned into still another -path. His heart was beating very fast now, and he hastened along without -taking much notice of what lay before him. Suddenly he came upon a lean -and hungry wolf, which looked as if he could devour half a dozen men. -Dante turned and fled back into the dark woods “where the sun was -silent.” He thought, “What is the use of trying to get out of this -terrible forest? There are wild beasts on every side. If I escape one I -am sure to be devoured by another; I might as well give up trying.” He -had now lost all hope. - -Just at this moment he saw a man coming towards him. The face of the man -was beaming with smiles as if he had some good news to tell. Dante ran -forward to meet him, crying, “Have mercy on me, whoever you are! See -that - -[Illustration: Copyrighted 1892] - -beast from whom I have fled! My body is trembling yet with fright.” - -The strange man, whose name was Virgil, told Dante that he had come to -help him, but that they would have to go by another path to get out of -this savage wilderness. He then explained that they must go down through -a deep, bad smelling and dark hole in the ground, and must meet with -many disagreeable things and crawl through much dirt and filth; but -after they had gone through this close, dirty tunnel, they would again -see the light, and if they had strength enough to climb, they might in -the end get to a delightful spot on the top of the mountain called the -Terrestrial Paradise, from which lovely place Dante could go home if he -wanted to. - -At first Dante was afraid to go with Virgil, although he had often read -the wise and noble books which the latter had written. But when he heard -that BEATRICE, whom he had loved as he loved no one else on earth, had -come from heaven in the form of a bright Angel to urge Virgil to come to -him, his heart was so filled with joy that he at once renewed his -courage, and told Virgil to go forward, promising that he would trust -him as a guide. - -They then began their perilous journey. The dark pit through which they -were to pass was the shape of an immense funnel, or a cone turned upside -down. It was so large that it reached from the surface down to the very -centre of the earth; so that though it was as twilight where they -entered, and was quite wide and airy, yet as they slowly travelled -down its rocky sides the place grew darker and narrower, and the air -more stifling, and the smell was worse than anything of which you have -ever dreamed. At times Dante nearly fainted, but Virgil put his arms -around him and held him up until he revived. I will not stop to tell you -of all the horrible experiences they went through. By and by, when you -grow to be men and women, you can read the whole poem for yourselves. - -At last they reached the bottom of the foul pit; it was the very centre -of the earth, and was the darkest spot possible. Then they began to -climb through a narrow opening which they saw. They wanted to get to the -surface on the other side of the world, and again see the light of the -sun. - -Dante felt as if he were escaping from a terrible plague-stricken -prison-house. The first things he looked at were four beautiful stars -shining far above his head; then he knew he was where he could get fresh -air and light, for he felt sure that where stars were to be seen air and -light could be found. They soon discovered that they were on a large -island, in the middle of which stood a great mountain. This, Virgil told -Dante was the mountain which they would have to climb. - -It was Easter morning! - -As they were looking about them, not knowing exactly which way to turn, -they saw an old man with a long white beard. His face was so radiant -that it reminded Dante of the stars at which he had been gazing. The old -man told them where to go to begin the ascent of the mountain. But he -said that Virgil must first get the grim and dirt off of Dante. You know -we can not very well go into dirty places without having some of the -cinders and ashes and other filth stick to us. He also kindly told them -where they could find some easily bent rushes which they could use to -gird up Dante’s long cloak, so that he might climb the better. - -I think it must have been the old man’s kindness to the many strangers -who came to the island that caused his face to look so beaming as to -remind Dante of the stars. Poor Dante thought over all his past life, -how he had wandered away from his home, how he had found himself in the -gloomy woods, how he had met the fierce beasts, and last of all he -thought of the blackening dirt he had gotten on himself in coming -through the deep hole. Then he thought of his rescue from all these -evils, and the tears rolled down his cheeks. Virgil spread his hands out -upon the grass, still wet with dew from heaven, and with the moisture -thus gained he washed Dante’s face. The tears Dante was shedding helped -also to wash away the dirt. - -After this they went to where the rushes were growing and gathered some -for a belt for Dante. Strange as it may sound to you, dear children, as -fast as they gathered one rush another sprang up in its place. They -bound these enchanted rushes around Dante’s waist, and he was now ready -for the upward climb and was quite eager to begin. - -They turned and looked once more at the ocean. Dante’s eyes were just -beginning to get used to the sunlight. Suddenly he saw a strange white -light coming along the sea towards them. He was astonished. As it came -nearer and nearer the light grew more and more dazzling, and Dante saw -that it was a _glorious and radiant angel_! He fell upon his knees and -dropped his gaze to the ground, for the face of the angel was so bright -that he could not look upon it. The strange and beautiful being came -swiftly forward, bringing with him a small boat full of people, the very -water became resplendent with light as the boat moved swiftly through -it, yet the angel had neither oar nor sail. His shining wings, spread -high above his head, seemed to waft the boat along by some invisible -power. He landed the people, and--quick as a sunbeam, was gone. - -The newly arrived souls came up to Dante and Virgil and inquired the -way, for they too were going up the steep rough mountain, around which -wound a difficult path. The end of the path no one could see. They -walked along together for a short distance, and while Virgil was -searching the ground for the right path, Dante lifted his eyes upward -and saw some people looking over a rocky wall that bordered the road on -the next bend above them. To these fellow-travellers he called for help, -as he felt sure they must have found the right road up the mountain’s -side. They gladly pointed out the spot where Virgil and Dante could find -the way, and soon our two travellers were upon it. - -But now arose a serious difficulty. From the growing - -[Illustration: Copyrighted 1892] - -twilight they knew that night was coming on, and in this strange, new -country nobody dared travel in the dark. There were too many pitfalls -and stumbling blocks to make it safe to travel without the light of the -sun. Virgil knew that the wisest and best thing to do in hours of -darkness was to keep still and wait for more light. A man whom they had -met on the road pointed out a safe little valley where they could stay -until the sunlight came once more. - -Ah, how I wish you could have seen that valley! - -It was called the Valley of the Princes. As they approached it a vision -burst upon them of the loveliest spot that could be imagined. If gold -and silver and scarlet and green and blue and all the finest colors in -the world were put together into a flower garden they would not make -anything half so beautiful as was this Valley of the Princes. Not only -were the colors so fine, but the perfumes were the sweetest ever -breathed. They went quietly and slowly into the valley and sat down. The -air about them grew darker and darker as the sun set behind the -mountains. - -All at once Dante heard some voices singing a gentle hymn. I think it -must have been a hymn something like our own little hymn, “Wearily at -Daylight’s Close,” for it made Dante think of the Heavenly Father, and -look up into the sky, whose only brightness was the stars shining far -above his head. As he looked he saw sweep down out of the high heavens -two glad angels of God, robed in pale shining green. Each was surrounded -with a radiance so bright that it was dazzling; both carried swords of -fire. Lightning never came from the sky more swiftly than did these two -angels. They separated as they approached the earth; one placed himself -upon the mountain on one side of the valley and the other upon the -mountain on the other side. Dante wondered what all this meant, but the -man who had told them where to find the valley was still with them. He -explained that the angels had come to protect all travellers who were -staying in the dark valley until light should come again and they could -see to go forward. - -Just then Dante turned and saw a great ugly snake winding its way -silently through the grass. Quick as a flash of lightning one of the -angels descended from his high post, and, with a touch of his flaming -sword, turned the snake, which fled in dismay. Then Dante knew that the -angels had indeed been sent from heaven, and in his heart he felt very -glad that all through this dark night he might be sure of their -protecting love. He then quietly laid himself down upon the grass and -went to sleep. While sleeping he had a strange dream; an eagle of fire -seemed to be bearing him up through the air. - -He awoke. It was morning; the sun was shining and the birds were -singing. Flowers were blooming all around him--and yet it was not the -same place in which he had gone to sleep. He saw on looking about him -that he was farther up the mountain side. He turned questioningly to -Virgil, who soon told him that while he had slept in the Valley of the -Princes another angel, named Lucia, had been sent from heaven to bear -him in her arms over the rough places where he could not have travelled -unaided, and that he now stood at the real entrance of the path up the -mountain. - -“We must pass through that gate which you see in front of you,” said -Virgil, “and before you enter it I must tell you that there will be some -very hard climbing for you and sometimes you will grow weary and -discouraged, but be assured that it will become less painful as you -climb. The hardest part is the first part. It grows easier and easier as -you near the top, until, when you reach the Terrestrial Paradise, there -will be no longer any climbing at all. There you shall again see your -beloved Beatrice and she will reveal to you a VISION of GOD HIMSELF.” - -With this they started towards the gate. Now I must tell you about this -gate, children, because it was a very peculiar gate, and some of these -days you may have to go through it yourselves. As they came near, Dante -saw that it had three broad steps leading up to it. The bottom step was -like polished marble, and so shining that you could see your face -reflected in it. Each traveller who approached it saw just how unclean -he was, or how tired, or how cross looking. The next step was a dark -purplish black step. It was cracked lengthwise and crosswise, and had a -sad look about it as if it were sorry for the reflections which it saw -in the bottom step. The third step at the top was red, so red that it -reminded Dante of blood. Above this towered the great gateway. Upon the -sill of this gate sat another wonderful angel in shining garments which -were brighter than the noon. His feet rested upon the top step. - -As Dante and Virgil approached, the angel asked them what they wanted. -They told him that they wished to go through the gate in order that they -might climb the mountain. The angel leaned forward, and with the edge of -the sword which he held in his hand he printed on Dante’s forehead seven -letters. Dante knew that the seven letters stood for the seven things -that were wrong inside of his heart. Then the angel took from his side a -silver key and a golden key, and unlocking the gate with each, he let it -swing wide open on its hinges, and our two travellers passed through. - -They had no sooner entered than they heard a man singing praises to God. -As they travelled along the path which wound upward, they saw upon the -rocks at their sides wonderfully carved pictures of people who had been -good and kind and always thoughtful of others instead of themselves. As -Dante looked at them they seemed to him to be the most marvellous -pictures he had ever seen. He thought within his heart, “How beautiful!” -“How beautiful!” “How I wish I could be like these people!” Then he -turned and looked down upon the rocks on which he was treading, he saw -there were more carvings upon the stones below; but these were of -people who thought of nobody but themselves--haughty people, selfish -people, and idle ones. - -As Dante gazed upon them, he bowed himself lower and lower, for he -thought within himself, “I fear I am more like these people than I am -like the others.” He had been a very proud and haughty man in the past, -and now he knew how ugly and selfish that haughtiness was. As he -ascended the road, he must have prayed to God to make him more like the -beautiful and gentle people whose portraits he had seen upon the rocks -at his side. He had been walking, bent very low; all at once he -straightened himself up; he felt as if some great weight had been lifted -off his shoulders. He turned to Virgil, saying, “Master, from what heavy -thing have I been lightened?” Virgil glanced up at his forehead. Dante -stretched forth the fingers of his hand and slowly felt the letters -which the angel had placed upon his forehead. There were but six. There -had been seven. Virgil smiled, and the two passed on. - -Their ears caught the sounds of voices singing in sweet tones, “Blessed -are the poor in spirit!” “Blessed are the poor in spirit!” Then Dante -knew that the other souls, too, had prayed to God to take pride and -haughtiness and selfishness out of their lives. - -They passed along the higher terrace on the mountain side, and here they -saw no pictures, but heard strange, sweet voices singing through the -air. These voices were singing of the people who had been glad when -others were made happy, who had loved and praised the good in those -about them, who had rejoiced when some one else besides themselves had -been commended. The voices seemed so joyful as they told of these loving -hearts, that Dante shut his eyes and listened. Soon he heard other -voices tell of the people who had liked to talk of themselves and not of -others, who did not care to hear anybody else praised, people whom it -made unhappy to know that anybody else was happy. “Ah!” thought he to -himself, “I fear, I fear that I have been like these last people of whom -the voices tell such sad, unhappy things. How I long with all my heart -to be freed from this hateful thing, called _Envy_!” Then again he -prayed to God to help him to rejoice over the happiness of others, to be -willing to help others, and to realize that others were helping him; and -as he thought these thoughts and prayed this prayer, another burden -seemed lifted from off him, and he put his hand to his forehead and -found that another of the terrible letters was gone. He had but five -remaining on his forehead now, and already the climbing seemed easier. - -They came soon to another very difficult passage in the road, and so -rough and sharp were the rocks which stood in the pathway that Dante’s -heart failed him, and he must have stopped in his onward journey up the -mountain had not another loving angel of God come from some unseen -point, and, lifting him with strong arms, carried him over the hard -place, setting him again upon his feet. I think Dante must have thanked -God for thus sending him help in his moment of - -[Illustration: Copyrighted 1892] - -discouragement; at any rate, he felt that he had been slothful and not -eager enough to reach the top of the mountain. - -On and on he travelled, sometimes with voices in the air singing to -encourage him, sometimes with warnings coming from unknown quarters. The -very trees laden with fruit on the roadside seemed to say, “Take enough -of us, but do not eat too much; a glutton cannot see God.” - -As they mounted higher and higher the landscape grew broader and -broader, and more filled with a strange new sunshine. The huge bowlders -and angry-looking rocks below, which had so frightened Dante as he began -his journey, seemed now scarcely larger than pebbles and little stones. -He smiled to think that he had ever cared for them at all. All weariness -was gone, the last of the mysterious letters had vanished from his -forehead, and the one longing of Dante’s heart was to meet again his -beautiful and beloved Beatrice, and be led by her into the presence of -the GREAT GOD OF THE UNIVERSE, who had so wonderfully and so -mysteriously sent His angels to help him on the way. - -At last they reached the spot called the Terrestrial Paradise, and -there, as Virgil had told him, stood his loving Beatrice, who took him -by the hand and led him up into Heaven itself, beyond the clouds, beyond -the stars, beyond planets and worlds, even to the foot of the THRONE OF -GOD! - -Of this I cannot tell you. No words of mine could make you see that -glorious vision as Dante then beheld it. Your own little hearts must be -freed from all wrong thoughts, from all evil motives, from all selfish -desires, must be filled with a love of others, and with generous -willingness to do for others, and then may come to you, too, some day, -this GREAT VISION that came to Dante. - - - - -THE VALUE OF THE STUDY OF DANTE TO MOTHERS. - - -The last two centuries have been largely scientific and analytic. The -effort has been to get away from the pictorial and symbolic, to get at -the _exact facts_. Yet, after each new step forward in exact thinking, -comes the reaction toward the more poetic forms of thought. The human -imagination becomes hungry and demands that it shall have its share of -intellectual food as well as the human reason. This is the secret of the -power which the world’s great poets have always exercised. They throw -essential truth back into its embodied or symbolic form, so that the -imagination may see it pictured forth even where the reasoning power is -not strong enough to grasp it in its abstract form. - -The “myth” has always been the great educator of the race. The mighty -prophets and seers of the past ages have ever made use of it as a means -by which to express God’s messages to mankind. - -Froebel, the apostle of childhood, illustrates to the mother how she can -give an impression of a great spiritual law by means of a certain poetic -presentation in play. He then adds: - - “Behold then in this little play - A world-wide truth set free! - Easily may a symbol teach - What thy reason cannot reach.” - -In fact, almost all of the kindergarten songs and stories and games have -in them an inner or symbolic meaning. They not only teach to the child -the facts of the world about him and guide him to observe accurately -such properties of matter as form, color, number, position, size, etc., -but they give him much deeper, more significant impressions of higher -things. - -One can see, at once, the direct connection between the study of the -great poets of the world--there are not more than half a dozen of -them--and the nursery and the kindergarten. The mother-heart of the race -has instinctively felt this connection, and the folk lore of the ages -has been handed down to us in nursery tale and childish legend. But the -educators of older people do not always make use of the pictured forms -of truth. The greatest educator that earth has ever known spake not unto -the multitude--except by parables. His method of teaching has never been -excelled. - -The study of Dante emphasizes the value of the poetic form of -expression for the experiences of the human soul. The Divine Comedy can -be looked at in many ways, literally, politically, artistically and -ethically. We could regard it merely as the imaginary experiences of a -man who suddenly awoke and found himself in the midst of a dark wood, -who in trying to find his way out was met by a leopard, a lion and a -she-wolf. He turns back in despair to the place “where the sun is -silent,” but is met by the poet Virgil, who offers to show another way -out, and so on. These mere literal facts of the poem could not cause it -to live in the hearts of men for six hundred years. - -Some commentators have explained the poem to be the political -disappointment of Dante, pouring itself out in bitter though brilliant -imagery. The leopard is Florence, the lion is France, the she-wolf is -the Papal power of Rome. But Florence and France and Rome have passed -out of their supremacy in the minds of men, and the Divine Comedy still -keeps its hold upon the affections of mankind. Some other meaning must -lie in the poem, else we would not be studying it to-day. - -Is it not this? Dante is giving us an account of the soul’s -estrangement--that soul is his own soul, yet it mirrors also each soul -which has wandered “from the true path.” In fact it describes the -spiritual struggle of every soul which has felt that it was out of -harmony with the divine order. The beasts of selfishness, of pride and -of greed have stood in the way and obstructed the return to the path of -light. The great question is, How can this soul get back into the -right path? It is the old story of Adam and the fall of man retold. It -is the picture which every great poet holds up--man’s soul in a state of -estrangement, and the struggle to get back to “the peace of God which -passeth all understanding.” This will explain why the human heart for -six hundred years has read and re-read the great poem of Dante. - -Marvellous and significant indeed are the lessons which we can learn -from it--lessons which can be applied every day to our own lives and the -lives of those about us, who are groping blindly in “the dark wood,” yet -who are longing to get out of their vice, or doubt, or despair. Is it -self-indulgence? Is it inordinate ambition, or is it greed of possession -(not always money possessions) which stands in the way? Must we pass -through an inferno of suffering, and learn by experience that God’s way -is the best way, or, can we learn that the way of the transgressor is -hard from this great drama; learn, as it were, by “vicarious experience” -instead of actual experience? Rightly understood, this is the office of -every great soul, to save its fellow-mortals if possible from sin and -suffering. Thus the Divine Comedy becomes the shield of Perseus in which -the terrible gorgon head of evil may be seen and comprehended without -withering or turning to stone the life that comes in contact with it. - -I know of no study more helpful to mothers than this same study of -Dante. The nature of every sin is pictured forth by its symbolic -punishment. 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You may copy it, give it away or -re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included -with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org/license - - -Title: The Vision of Dante - A story for little children and a talk to their mothers - (Second Edition) - -Author: Elizabeth Harrison - -Illustrator: Walter Crane - -Release Date: April 11, 2016 [EBook #51732] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: UTF-8 - -*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE VISION OF DANTE *** - - - - -Produced by Charlene Taylor, Chuck Greif and the Online -Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This -file was produced from images generously made available -by The Internet Archive) - - - - - - -</pre> - -<hr class="full" /> - -<p class="cb">DANTE</p> - -<p><a name="page_001" id="page_001"></a></p> - -<p><a name="page_002" id="page_002"></a></p> - -<p><a name="page_003" id="page_003"></a></p> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<a href="images/cover_lg.jpg"> -<img src="images/cover.jpg" width="390" height="500" alt="[Image unavailable.]" /></a> -</div> - -<h1><span class="smcap">The Vision of Dante</span></h1> - -<p class="c">A STORY FOR LITTLE CHILDREN AND A TALK TO<br /> -THEIR MOTHERS<br /> -<br /> -BY<br /> -ELIZABETH HARRISON -<br /><br /> -<small>SECOND EDITION</small><br /><br /> -———<br /> -ILLUSTRATED BY WALTER CRANE<br /> -——— -<br /><br /> -<small>PUBLISHED BY THE CHICAGO KINDERGARTEN COLLEGE<br /> -ART INSTITUTE BUILDING, CHICAGO, ILL.<br /> -1894</small><br /> -</p> - -<p><a name="page_004" id="page_004"></a> </p> - -<p class="c"><small> -COPYRIGHTED<br /> -<span class="smcap">By</span> ELIZABETH HARRISON<br /> -1892<br /> -<br /> -<span class="eng">The Lakeside Press</span><br /> -R. R. DONNELLEY & SONS CO., CHICAGO</small><br /> -</p> - -<p><a name="page_005" id="page_005"></a></p> - -<h2><a name="PREFACE" id="PREFACE"></a><i>PREFACE.</i></h2> - -<p><i>Is not the reason why the Divine Comedy is called a “world poem” to be -found in these significant facts: it portrays the sudden awakening of a -human soul to the consciousness of having gone astray; it shows the -loathsome nature of sin; it pictures the struggle necessary to be freed -from sin; it emphasizes that God is ready to help as soon as the soul is -ready to be helped; and at last it declares that the Vision of God will -come to the soul which perseveres in the struggle? These are the -essential truths which make the great poem of Dante one of the -masterpieces of the world of art. May not it—as well as all other truly -great things—be given to little children in a simple way?</i></p> - -<p><a name="page_006" id="page_006"></a></p> - -<p><a name="page_007" id="page_007"></a></p> - -<h2><a name="THE_VISION_OF_DANTE" id="THE_VISION_OF_DANTE"></a>THE VISION OF DANTE.</h2> - -<p class="nind"> -<span class="letra"> -<img src="images/drop-i.png" -width="70" -height="71" -alt="I" - class="drop-cap" -/></span> WANT to tell a wonderful story to you, dear children. It has been told -over and over again for six hundred years, yet people keep reading it, -and re-reading it, and wise men never tire of studying it. Many great -artists have painted pictures, and sculptors have made statues, and -musicians have composed operas, and clergymen have written sermons from -thoughts inspired by it. A great poet first gave it to the world in the -form of a grand poem which some day you may read, but I will try to tell -it to you to-day as a short story. I am afraid that you would go to -sleep if I should undertake to read the poem to you. You do not yet know -enough about life to understand it.</p> - -<p>Once upon a time, very long ago, there was a man whose name was Dante. -He had done wrong and had wandered a long way from his home. He does not -tell us how or why. He begins by saying that he had gone to sleep in a -great forest. Suddenly he awoke, and tried to find his way out of it, -first by one path and then another; but all in vain.</p> - -<p><a name="page_008" id="page_008"></a></p> - -<p><a name="page_009" id="page_009"></a></p> - -<p>Through an opening where the tall trees had not grown quite so thick, he -saw in the distance a great mountain, on the top of which the sun was -shining brightly. “Ah!” thought he to himself, “if I can but reach the -top of that mountain I am sure I can see a long way in every direction. -No woods can grow tall enough to keep me from finding my path then!” So -with fine courage he started toward the mountain, but he had not walked -far when a beautiful, spotted panther stood with glaring eyes in his -pathway. He trembled, for he knew that going forward meant that he would -be destroyed. He turned hastily aside into another path, but he had gone -only a short distance in this direction before he saw a huge lion coming -towards him. In greater haste than before he turned into still another -path. His heart was beating very fast now, and he hastened along without -taking much notice of what lay before him. Suddenly he came upon a lean -and hungry wolf, which looked as if he could devour half a dozen men. -Dante turned and fled back into the dark woods “where the sun was -silent.” He thought, “What is the use of trying to get out of this -terrible forest? There are wild beasts on every side. If I escape one I -am sure to be devoured by another; I might as well give up trying.” He -had now lost all hope.</p> - -<p>Just at this moment he saw a man coming towards him. The face of the man -was beaming with smiles as if he had some good news to tell. Dante ran -forward to meet him, crying, “Have mercy on me, whoever you are! See -that</p> - -<p><a name="page_010" id="page_010"></a></p> - -<p><a name="page_011" id="page_011"></a></p> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<a href="images/imagelion_lg.jpg"> -<br /> -<img class="enlargeimage" -src="images/enlarge-image.jpg" -alt="" -width="18" -height="14" /> -<br /> -<img src="images/imagelion.jpg" width="358" height="500" alt="[Image unavailable.]" /></a> -<br /> -<span class="caption">Copyrighted 1892</span> -</div> - -<p><a name="page_012" id="page_012"></a></p> - -<p><a name="page_013" id="page_013"></a></p> - -<p class="nind">beast from whom I have fled! My body is trembling yet with fright.”</p> - -<p>The strange man, whose name was Virgil, told Dante that he had come to -help him, but that they would have to go by another path to get out of -this savage wilderness. He then explained that they must go down through -a deep, bad smelling and dark hole in the ground, and must meet with -many disagreeable things and crawl through much dirt and filth; but -after they had gone through this close, dirty tunnel, they would again -see the light, and if they had strength enough to climb, they might in -the end get to a delightful spot on the top of the mountain called the -Terrestrial Paradise, from which lovely place Dante could go home if he -wanted to.</p> - -<p>At first Dante was afraid to go with Virgil, although he had often read -the wise and noble books which the latter had written. But when he heard -that <span class="smcap">Beatrice</span>, whom he had loved as he loved no one else on earth, had -come from heaven in the form of a bright Angel to urge Virgil to come to -him, his heart was so filled with joy that he at once renewed his -courage, and told Virgil to go forward, promising that he would trust -him as a guide.</p> - -<p>They then began their perilous journey. The dark pit through which they -were to pass was the shape of an immense funnel, or a cone turned upside -down. It was so large that it reached from the surface down to the very -centre of the earth; so that though it was as twilight where they -entered,</p> - -<p><a name="page_014" id="page_014"></a></p> - -<p><a name="page_015" id="page_015"></a> and was quite wide and airy, yet as they slowly travelled -down its rocky sides the place grew darker and narrower, and the air -more stifling, and the smell was worse than anything of which you have -ever dreamed. At times Dante nearly fainted, but Virgil put his arms -around him and held him up until he revived. I will not stop to tell you -of all the horrible experiences they went through. By and by, when you -grow to be men and women, you can read the whole poem for yourselves.</p> - -<p>At last they reached the bottom of the foul pit; it was the very centre -of the earth, and was the darkest spot possible. Then they began to -climb through a narrow opening which they saw. They wanted to get to the -surface on the other side of the world, and again see the light of the -sun.</p> - -<p>Dante felt as if he were escaping from a terrible plague-stricken -prison-house. The first things he looked at were four beautiful stars -shining far above his head; then he knew he was where he could get fresh -air and light, for he felt sure that where stars were to be seen air and -light could be found. They soon discovered that they were on a large -island, in the middle of which stood a great mountain. This, Virgil told -Dante was the mountain which they would have to climb.</p> - -<p>It was Easter morning!</p> - -<p>As they were looking about them, not knowing exactly which way to turn, -they saw an old man with a long white beard. His face was so radiant -that it reminded Dante of the stars at which he had been gazing. The old -man told them</p> - -<p><a name="page_016" id="page_016"></a></p> - -<p><a name="page_017" id="page_017"></a> where to go to begin the ascent of the mountain. But he -said that Virgil must first get the grim and dirt off of Dante. You know -we can not very well go into dirty places without having some of the -cinders and ashes and other filth stick to us. He also kindly told them -where they could find some easily bent rushes which they could use to -gird up Dante’s long cloak, so that he might climb the better.</p> - -<p>I think it must have been the old man’s kindness to the many strangers -who came to the island that caused his face to look so beaming as to -remind Dante of the stars. Poor Dante thought over all his past life, -how he had wandered away from his home, how he had found himself in the -gloomy woods, how he had met the fierce beasts, and last of all he -thought of the blackening dirt he had gotten on himself in coming -through the deep hole. Then he thought of his rescue from all these -evils, and the tears rolled down his cheeks. Virgil spread his hands out -upon the grass, still wet with dew from heaven, and with the moisture -thus gained he washed Dante’s face. The tears Dante was shedding helped -also to wash away the dirt.</p> - -<p>After this they went to where the rushes were growing and gathered some -for a belt for Dante. Strange as it may sound to you, dear children, as -fast as they gathered one rush another sprang up in its place. They -bound these enchanted rushes around Dante’s waist, and he was now ready -for the upward climb and was quite eager to begin.</p> - -<p>They turned and looked once more at the ocean. Dant</p> - -<p><a name="page_018" id="page_018"></a></p> - -<p><a name="page_019" id="page_019"></a>e’s eyes were just -beginning to get used to the sunlight. Suddenly he saw a strange white -light coming along the sea towards them. He was astonished. As it came -nearer and nearer the light grew more and more dazzling, and Dante saw -that it was a <i>glorious and radiant angel</i>! He fell upon his knees and -dropped his gaze to the ground, for the face of the angel was so bright -that he could not look upon it. The strange and beautiful being came -swiftly forward, bringing with him a small boat full of people, the very -water became resplendent with light as the boat moved swiftly through -it, yet the angel had neither oar nor sail. His shining wings, spread -high above his head, seemed to waft the boat along by some invisible -power. He landed the people, and—quick as a sunbeam, was gone.</p> - -<p>The newly arrived souls came up to Dante and Virgil and inquired the -way, for they too were going up the steep rough mountain, around which -wound a difficult path. The end of the path no one could see. They -walked along together for a short distance, and while Virgil was -searching the ground for the right path, Dante lifted his eyes upward -and saw some people looking over a rocky wall that bordered the road on -the next bend above them. To these fellow-travellers he called for help, -as he felt sure they must have found the right road up the mountain’s -side. They gladly pointed out the spot where Virgil and Dante could find -the way, and soon our two travellers were upon it.</p> - -<p>But now arose a serious difficulty. From the growing</p> - -<p><a name="page_020" id="page_020"></a></p> - -<p><a name="page_021" id="page_021"></a></p> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<a href="images/imageangel_lg.jpg"> -<br /> -<img class="enlargeimage" -src="images/enlarge-image.jpg" -alt="" -width="18" -height="14" /> -<br /> -<img src="images/imageangel.jpg" width="353" height="500" alt="[Image unavailable.]" /></a> -<br /> -<span class="caption">Copyrighted 1892</span> -</div> - -<p><a name="page_022" id="page_022"></a></p> - -<p><a name="page_023" id="page_023"></a></p> - -<p class="nind">twilight they knew that night was coming on, and in this strange, new -country nobody dared travel in the dark. There were too many pitfalls -and stumbling blocks to make it safe to travel without the light of the -sun. Virgil knew that the wisest and best thing to do in hours of -darkness was to keep still and wait for more light. A man whom they had -met on the road pointed out a safe little valley where they could stay -until the sunlight came once more.</p> - -<p>Ah, how I wish you could have seen that valley!</p> - -<p>It was called the Valley of the Princes. As they approached it a vision -burst upon them of the loveliest spot that could be imagined. If gold -and silver and scarlet and green and blue and all the finest colors in -the world were put together into a flower garden they would not make -anything half so beautiful as was this Valley of the Princes. Not only -were the colors so fine, but the perfumes were the sweetest ever -breathed. They went quietly and slowly into the valley and sat down. The -air about them grew darker and darker as the sun set behind the -mountains.</p> - -<p>All at once Dante heard some voices singing a gentle hymn. I think it -must have been a hymn something like our own little hymn, “Wearily at -Daylight’s Close,” for it made Dante think of the Heavenly Father, and -look up into the sky, whose only brightness was the stars shining far -above his head. As he looked he saw sweep down out of the high heavens -two glad angels of God, robed in pale shining green. Each was surrounded -with a radiance so bright that it was</p> - -<p><a name="page_024" id="page_024"></a></p> - -<p><a name="page_025" id="page_025"></a> dazzling; both carried swords of -fire. Lightning never came from the sky more swiftly than did these two -angels. They separated as they approached the earth; one placed himself -upon the mountain on one side of the valley and the other upon the -mountain on the other side. Dante wondered what all this meant, but the -man who had told them where to find the valley was still with them. He -explained that the angels had come to protect all travellers who were -staying in the dark valley until light should come again and they could -see to go forward.</p> - -<p>Just then Dante turned and saw a great ugly snake winding its way -silently through the grass. Quick as a flash of lightning one of the -angels descended from his high post, and, with a touch of his flaming -sword, turned the snake, which fled in dismay. Then Dante knew that the -angels had indeed been sent from heaven, and in his heart he felt very -glad that all through this dark night he might be sure of their -protecting love. He then quietly laid himself down upon the grass and -went to sleep. While sleeping he had a strange dream; an eagle of fire -seemed to be bearing him up through the air.</p> - -<p>He awoke. It was morning; the sun was shining and the birds were -singing. Flowers were blooming all around him—and yet it was not the -same place in which he had gone to sleep. He saw on looking about him -that he was farther up the mountain side. He turned questioningly to -Virgil, who soon told him that while he had slept in the</p> - -<p><a name="page_026" id="page_026"></a></p> - -<p><a name="page_027" id="page_027"></a> Valley of the -Princes another angel, named Lucia, had been sent from heaven to bear -him in her arms over the rough places where he could not have travelled -unaided, and that he now stood at the real entrance of the path up the -mountain.</p> - -<p>“We must pass through that gate which you see in front of you,” said -Virgil, “and before you enter it I must tell you that there will be some -very hard climbing for you and sometimes you will grow weary and -discouraged, but be assured that it will become less painful as you -climb. The hardest part is the first part. It grows easier and easier as -you near the top, until, when you reach the Terrestrial Paradise, there -will be no longer any climbing at all. There you shall again see your -beloved Beatrice and she will reveal to you a <small>VISION</small> of <span class="smcap">God Himself</span>.”</p> - -<p>With this they started towards the gate. Now I must tell you about this -gate, children, because it was a very peculiar gate, and some of these -days you may have to go through it yourselves. As they came near, Dante -saw that it had three broad steps leading up to it. The bottom step was -like polished marble, and so shining that you could see your face -reflected in it. Each traveller who approached it saw just how unclean -he was, or how tired, or how cross looking. The next step was a dark -purplish black step. It was cracked lengthwise and crosswise, and had a -sad look about it as if it were sorry for the reflections which it saw -in the bottom step. The third step</p> - -<p><a name="page_028" id="page_028"></a></p> - -<p><a name="page_029" id="page_029"></a> at the top was red, so red that it -reminded Dante of blood. Above this towered the great gateway. Upon the -sill of this gate sat another wonderful angel in shining garments which -were brighter than the noon. His feet rested upon the top step.</p> - -<p>As Dante and Virgil approached, the angel asked them what they wanted. -They told him that they wished to go through the gate in order that they -might climb the mountain. The angel leaned forward, and with the edge of -the sword which he held in his hand he printed on Dante’s forehead seven -letters. Dante knew that the seven letters stood for the seven things -that were wrong inside of his heart. Then the angel took from his side a -silver key and a golden key, and unlocking the gate with each, he let it -swing wide open on its hinges, and our two travellers passed through.</p> - -<p>They had no sooner entered than they heard a man singing praises to God. -As they travelled along the path which wound upward, they saw upon the -rocks at their sides wonderfully carved pictures of people who had been -good and kind and always thoughtful of others instead of themselves. As -Dante looked at them they seemed to him to be the most marvellous -pictures he had ever seen. He thought within his heart, “How beautiful!” -“How beautiful!” “How I wish I could be like these people!” Then he -turned and looked down upon the rocks on which he was treading, he saw -there were more carvings upon the stones below; but these</p> - -<p><a name="page_030" id="page_030"></a></p> - -<p><a name="page_031" id="page_031"></a> were of -people who thought of nobody but themselves—haughty people, selfish -people, and idle ones.</p> - -<p>As Dante gazed upon them, he bowed himself lower and lower, for he -thought within himself, “I fear I am more like these people than I am -like the others.” He had been a very proud and haughty man in the past, -and now he knew how ugly and selfish that haughtiness was. As he -ascended the road, he must have prayed to God to make him more like the -beautiful and gentle people whose portraits he had seen upon the rocks -at his side. He had been walking, bent very low; all at once he -straightened himself up; he felt as if some great weight had been lifted -off his shoulders. He turned to Virgil, saying, “Master, from what heavy -thing have I been lightened?” Virgil glanced up at his forehead. Dante -stretched forth the fingers of his hand and slowly felt the letters -which the angel had placed upon his forehead. There were but six. There -had been seven. Virgil smiled, and the two passed on.</p> - -<p>Their ears caught the sounds of voices singing in sweet tones, “Blessed -are the poor in spirit!” “Blessed are the poor in spirit!” Then Dante -knew that the other souls, too, had prayed to God to take pride and -haughtiness and selfishness out of their lives.</p> - -<p>They passed along the higher terrace on the mountain side, and here they -saw no pictures, but heard strange, sweet voices singing through the -air. These voices were singing of the people who had been glad when -others were made happy,</p> - -<p><a name="page_032" id="page_032"></a></p> - -<p><a name="page_033" id="page_033"></a> who had loved and praised the good in those -about them, who had rejoiced when some one else besides themselves had -been commended. The voices seemed so joyful as they told of these loving -hearts, that Dante shut his eyes and listened. Soon he heard other -voices tell of the people who had liked to talk of themselves and not of -others, who did not care to hear anybody else praised, people whom it -made unhappy to know that anybody else was happy. “Ah!” thought he to -himself, “I fear, I fear that I have been like these last people of whom -the voices tell such sad, unhappy things. How I long with all my heart -to be freed from this hateful thing, called <i>Envy</i>!” Then again he -prayed to God to help him to rejoice over the happiness of others, to be -willing to help others, and to realize that others were helping him; and -as he thought these thoughts and prayed this prayer, another burden -seemed lifted from off him, and he put his hand to his forehead and -found that another of the terrible letters was gone. He had but five -remaining on his forehead now, and already the climbing seemed easier.</p> - -<p>They came soon to another very difficult passage in the road, and so -rough and sharp were the rocks which stood in the pathway that Dante’s -heart failed him, and he must have stopped in his onward journey up the -mountain had not another loving angel of God come from some unseen -point, and, lifting him with strong arms, carried him over the hard -place, setting him again upon his feet. I think Dante must have thanked -God for thus sending him help in his moment of</p> - -<p><a name="page_034" id="page_034"></a></p> - -<p><a name="page_035" id="page_035"></a></p> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<a href="images/imagebeatrice_lg.jpg"> -<br /> -<img class="enlargeimage" -src="images/enlarge-image.jpg" -alt="" -width="18" -height="14" /> -<br /> -<img src="images/imagebeatrice.jpg" width="357" height="500" alt="[Image unavailable.]" /></a> -<br /> -<span class="caption">Copyrighted 1892</span> -</div> - -<p><a name="page_036" id="page_036"></a></p> - -<p><a name="page_037" id="page_037"></a></p> - -<p class="nind">discouragement; at any rate, he felt that he had been slothful and not -eager enough to reach the top of the mountain.</p> - -<p>On and on he travelled, sometimes with voices in the air singing to -encourage him, sometimes with warnings coming from unknown quarters. The -very trees laden with fruit on the roadside seemed to say, “Take enough -of us, but do not eat too much; a glutton cannot see God.”</p> - -<p>As they mounted higher and higher the landscape grew broader and -broader, and more filled with a strange new sunshine. The huge bowlders -and angry-looking rocks below, which had so frightened Dante as he began -his journey, seemed now scarcely larger than pebbles and little stones. -He smiled to think that he had ever cared for them at all. All weariness -was gone, the last of the mysterious letters had vanished from his -forehead, and the one longing of Dante’s heart was to meet again his -beautiful and beloved Beatrice, and be led by her into the presence of -the <span class="smcap">Great God of the Universe</span>, who had so wonderfully and so -mysteriously sent His angels to help him on the way.</p> - -<p>At last they reached the spot called the Terrestrial Paradise, and -there, as Virgil had told him, stood his loving Beatrice, who took him -by the hand and led him up into Heaven itself, beyond the clouds, beyond -the stars, beyond planets and worlds, even to the foot of the <span class="smcap">throne of -God</span>!</p> - -<p>Of this I cannot tell you. No words of mine could make you see that -glorious vision as Dante then beheld it. Your own little hearts must be -freed from all wrong thoughts, from</p> - -<p><a name="page_038" id="page_038"></a></p> - -<p><a name="page_039" id="page_039"></a> all evil motives, from all selfish -desires, must be filled with a love of others, and with generous -willingness to do for others, and then may come to you, too, some day, -this <span class="smcap">Great Vision</span> that came to Dante.</p> - -<p><a name="page_040" id="page_040"></a></p> - -<p><a name="page_041" id="page_041"></a></p> - -<h2><a name="THE_VALUE_OF_THE_STUDY_OF_DANTE_TO_MOTHERS" id="THE_VALUE_OF_THE_STUDY_OF_DANTE_TO_MOTHERS"></a>THE VALUE OF THE STUDY OF DANTE TO MOTHERS.</h2> - -<p class="nind"> -<span class="letra"> -<img src="images/drop-t.png" -width="70" -height="71" -alt="T" - class="drop-cap" -/></span>HE last two centuries have been largely scientific and analytic. The -effort has been to get away from the pictorial and symbolic, to get at -the <i>exact facts</i>. Yet, after each new step forward in exact thinking, -comes the reaction toward the more poetic forms of thought. The human -imagination becomes hungry and demands that it shall have its share of -intellectual food as well as the human reason. This is the secret of the -power which the world’s great poets have always exercised. They throw -essential truth back into its embodied or symbolic form, so that the -imagination may see it pictured forth even where the reasoning power is -not strong enough to grasp it in its abstract form.</p> - -<p>The “myth” has always been the great educator of the race. The mighty -prophets and seers of the past ages have ever made use of it as a means -by which to express God’s messages to mankind.</p> - -<p><a name="page_042" id="page_042"></a></p> - -<p><a name="page_043" id="page_043"></a></p> - -<p>Froebel, the apostle of childhood, illustrates to the mother how she can -give an impression of a great spiritual law by means of a certain poetic -presentation in play. He then adds:</p> - -<div class="poetry"> -<div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> -<span class="i0">“Behold then in this little play<br /></span> -<span class="i1">A world-wide truth set free!<br /></span> -<span class="i1">Easily may a symbol teach<br /></span> -<span class="i1">What thy reason cannot reach.”<br /></span> -</div></div> -</div> - -<p>In fact, almost all of the kindergarten songs and stories and games have -in them an inner or symbolic meaning. They not only teach to the child -the facts of the world about him and guide him to observe accurately -such properties of matter as form, color, number, position, size, etc., -but they give him much deeper, more significant impressions of higher -things.</p> - -<p>One can see, at once, the direct connection between the study of the -great poets of the world—there are not more than half a dozen of -them—and the nursery and the kindergarten. The mother-heart of the race -has instinctively felt this connection, and the folk lore of the ages -has been handed down to us in nursery tale and childish legend. But the -educators of older people do not always make use of the pictured forms -of truth. The greatest educator that earth has ever known spake not unto -the multitude—except by parables. His method of teaching has never been -excelled.</p> - -<p>The study of Dante emphasizes the value of the poetic</p> - -<p><a name="page_044" id="page_044"></a></p> - -<p><a name="page_045" id="page_045"></a> form of -expression for the experiences of the human soul. The Divine Comedy can -be looked at in many ways, literally, politically, artistically and -ethically. We could regard it merely as the imaginary experiences of a -man who suddenly awoke and found himself in the midst of a dark wood, -who in trying to find his way out was met by a leopard, a lion and a -she-wolf. He turns back in despair to the place “where the sun is -silent,” but is met by the poet Virgil, who offers to show another way -out, and so on. These mere literal facts of the poem could not cause it -to live in the hearts of men for six hundred years.</p> - -<p>Some commentators have explained the poem to be the political -disappointment of Dante, pouring itself out in bitter though brilliant -imagery. The leopard is Florence, the lion is France, the she-wolf is -the Papal power of Rome. But Florence and France and Rome have passed -out of their supremacy in the minds of men, and the Divine Comedy still -keeps its hold upon the affections of mankind. Some other meaning must -lie in the poem, else we would not be studying it to-day.</p> - -<p>Is it not this? Dante is giving us an account of the soul’s -estrangement—that soul is his own soul, yet it mirrors also each soul -which has wandered “from the true path.” In fact it describes the -spiritual struggle of every soul which has felt that it was out of -harmony with the divine order. The beasts of selfishness, of pride and -of greed have stood in the way and obstructed the return to the path of -light.</p> - -<p><a name="page_046" id="page_046"></a></p> - -<p><a name="page_047" id="page_047"></a> The great question is, How can this soul get back into the -right path? It is the old story of Adam and the fall of man retold. It -is the picture which every great poet holds up—man’s soul in a state of -estrangement, and the struggle to get back to “the peace of God which -passeth all understanding.” This will explain why the human heart for -six hundred years has read and re-read the great poem of Dante.</p> - -<p>Marvellous and significant indeed are the lessons which we can learn -from it—lessons which can be applied every day to our own lives and the -lives of those about us, who are groping blindly in “the dark wood,” yet -who are longing to get out of their vice, or doubt, or despair. Is it -self-indulgence? Is it inordinate ambition, or is it greed of possession -(not always money possessions) which stands in the way? Must we pass -through an inferno of suffering, and learn by experience that God’s way -is the best way, or, can we learn that the way of the transgressor is -hard from this great drama; learn, as it were, by “vicarious experience” -instead of actual experience? Rightly understood, this is the office of -every great soul, to save its fellow-mortals if possible from sin and -suffering. Thus the Divine Comedy becomes the shield of Perseus in which -the terrible gorgon head of evil may be seen and comprehended without -withering or turning to stone the life that comes in contact with it.</p> - -<p>I know of no study more helpful to mothers than this</p> - -<p><a name="page_048" id="page_048"></a></p> - -<p><a name="page_049" id="page_049"></a> same study of -Dante. The nature of every sin is pictured forth by its symbolic -punishment. The sharp distinction between sins of impulse and sins of -intent is made, and the close connection of the will power with right -and wrong doing is clearly shown.</p> - -<p class="r"> -<span class="smcap">Elizabeth Harrison.</span><br /> -</p> - -<hr class="full" /> - - - - - - - -<pre> - - - - - -End of Project Gutenberg's The Vision of Dante, by Elizabeth Harrison - -*** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE VISION OF DANTE *** - -***** This file should be named 51732-h.htm or 51732-h.zip ***** -This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: - http://www.gutenberg.org/5/1/7/3/51732/ - -Produced by Charlene Taylor, Chuck Greif and the Online -Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This -file was produced from images generously made available -by The Internet Archive) - - -Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions -will be renamed. - -Creating the works from public domain print editions means that no -one owns a United States copyright in these works, so the Foundation -(and you!) can copy and distribute it in the United States without -permission and without paying copyright royalties. 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