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The Sorrows And Disasters Of Europe Always Brought Fortune To America.

Modern Critics, Who Refuse To Let A Plain Thing Alone, Have Now Started A Theory That Cervantes's Work Is A Vast Piece Of "symbolism." If So, Cervantes Didn't Know It Himself And Nobody Thought Of It For Three Hundred Years. He Meant It As A Satire Upon The Silly Romances Of Chivalry.

There Is An Old Motto That Runs, "if At First You Don't Succeed, Try, Try Again." This Is Nonsense. It Ought To Read, "if At First You Don't Succeed, Quit, Quit At Once."

Charles Dickens' Creation Of Mr. Pickwick Did More For The Elevation Of The Human Race - I Say It In All Seriousness - Than Cardinal Newman's Lead Kindly Light Amid The Encircling Gloom. Newman Only Cried Out For Light In The Gloom Of A Sad World. Dickens Gave It.