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...actors, the greater part of the work fell to Martha Schiffel, in the part of Iphigenia. Possessed of an ideal stage presence for the part, and combining with this strong dramatic powers which she kept under perfect control, and a remarkably flexible expressive voice, she held the audience throughout...
...justly make that reproach, since twenty years after his unpleasant and tiresome stay in Belgium, the genius of the Flemish race began to show itself. Its poets are now reckoned among the best in Europe, and even among the best French poets. The three Belgians who best represent the ideal of this poetry are closely associated with the Symbolistic School. They are: Maurice Maeterlinck, Georges Rodembach, and Emile Verhaeven. Besides these three, there should be mentioned the celebrated novelist, Camille Lemonnier, who has written, in addition to many excellent novels, the history of symbolism in Belgium...
...symbolists admire the myth and the legend, finding in them the ideal signification of life, while the romanists see nothing in them but fables. "Les Propos de Literature," by Mockel, and "Livre de Masques," by de Gourmont, give an excellent idea of their work...
Most reform movements are started by groups of a few men. There is a great danger in this fact, though it is one not easy to perceive. When the standard, the ideal, is set by a group, it is certain to be lower than when upheld by an individual, and the public, seeing a spirit of compromise in the new organization, at once loses all faith in it. Here we have the secret of the failure of many such enterprises, and it is hard to blame any one for it. Indeed, the claim is made that a practical politician, though...
...conclusion, M. de Regnier said, "Villiers de I' Isle Adam has always strenuously defended the casuality of the ideal and the eternal cult of beauty...