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...varsity crew. The ensuing fall he was coxswain of the '93 crew which won the fall barge races. The next spring he coxswained the '93 crew in the class races, and again in June was coxswain of the victorious 'varsity crew, bringing to that position almost ideal abilities - extreme lightness of weight, a good resonant voice, and a ready judgement. In his courses, he was a conscientious student and his popularity among his fellows was attested by his membership in the Institute of 1770, D. K. E., and the Hasty Pudding Club...
...later prose version of the story, for his characterization of Gawain is identical with Malory's. But Malory's tale is entirely unlike the original romance. In all the early stories of Gawain, he is not the man that Malory and Tennyson have pictured him. He is an ideal knight, a champion of woman, a loyal subject of King Arthur, and as such we should look upon...
...Bowker's Ideal" and "Three Sketches" end the number. The former is original and amusing, but rather rambling and pointless in spite of its humor. The latter is a good collection of descriptive work, the first and second being especially well written...
...early poems two are especially prominent, the Recollections of Arabian Knights and Marianna. In 1833 Tennyson published his second volume with The Lady of Shalott as its first poem. These two volumes mark the lyrical period of his life. After 1833 came the idyllic period. He was an ideal descriptive writer, and from now on his touches of nature were especially delicate. In 1847 appeared The Princess, which dealt with the nature of man and woman. In 1850 he published his In Memoriam, which can be compared to nothing else in poetry. It was not till 1875 that Tennyson appeared...
...outcome of the psychology, to which hypnotism adds its weight, is states of mind, evolution of these states, relativity of one knowledge, necessity of the will. If we are not satisfied with this, philosophy is before us. The only philosophy that has anything more to say is idealism. The more we see the illusion in looking for gaps in the real world, so much more likely are we to turn to the ideal...