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1、AW.Kinglake-ABiographicalandLiteraryStudyAW.Kinglake-ABiographicalandLiteraryStudybyRev.W.Tcikwell1AW.Kinglake-ABiographicalandLiteraryStudyPREFACEITisjustelevenyearssinceKinglakepassedaway,andhislifehasnotyetbeenseparatelymemorialized.Afewyearsmore,andt
2、hepersonalsideofhimwouldbeirrecoverable,thoughbypersonality,nolessthanbyauthorship,hemadehiscontemporarymark.Whenatombhasbeenclosedforcenturies,theeffacedlineamentsofitstenantcanbere-colouredonlybytheidealizinghandofgenius,asScottdrewClaverhouse,andCarly
3、ledrewCromwell.But,tothebiographerofthelatelydead,menhavearighttosay,asSaulsaidtotheWitchofEndor,"CallupSamuel!"InyourstudyofalifesorecentasKinglake's,giveus,ifyouchoose,somecriticalsynopsisofhismonumentalwritings,somesalvagefromhisephemeralandscatteredp
4、apers;tracesomuchofhisyouthfultrainingasshapedthedevelopmentofhischaracter;depict,withwiserestraint,hispoliticalandpubliclife:butalso,andaboveall,re-clothehim"inhishabitashelived,"asfriendsandassociatesknewhim;recoverhistraitsofvoiceandmanner,hisconversa
5、tionalwitorwisdom,epigramorparadox,hisexplosionsofsarcasmandhiseccentricitiesofreserve,hiswordsofwinningnessandactsofkindness:and,sinceonehalfofhislifewassocial,introduceustothecompanionswhosharedhislighterhourandevokedhisfinerfancies;takeustotheAthenaeu
6、m"Corner,"ortoHollandHouse,andflashonusatleastaglimpseofthebrilliantmenandwomenwhoformedthesettingtohissparkle;"DICINAMICITIAMCOEANTETFOEDERAJUNGANT."ThisIhaveendeavouredtodo,withsuchaidasIcouldcommandfromhisfewremainingcontemporaries.Hisletterstohisfami
7、lyweredestroyedbyhisowndesire;onthosewrittentoMadameNovikoffnosuchembargowaslaid,nordoesshebelievethatitwasintended.Ihaveusedthesesparingly,andallextractsfromthemhavebeensubjectedtohercensorship.IftheresultisnotAtticinsalt,itisatanyrateRomaninbrevity.Ise
8、nditforthwithJohnBunyan'shomelyaspiration:2AW.Kinglake-ABiographicalandLiteraryStudyAndmayitsbuyerhavenocausetosay,Hismoneyisbutlostorthrownaway.3AW.Kinglake-ABiographicalandLiteraryStudyCHAPTERI-EARLYYEARSTHEfourthdecadeo
