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88.<br />

<strong>of</strong> what precedes, and do not<br />

concern ourselves about what<br />

is to follow."—"Dramatic Literature,"<br />

p. 75.<br />

"<strong>The</strong>re cannot be a clearer indication<br />

than this description<br />

—so graphic in the original<br />

poem—<strong>of</strong> the true character <strong>of</strong><br />

the <strong>Homer</strong>ic agora. <strong>The</strong> multitude<br />

who compose it are listening<br />

and acquiescent, not <strong>of</strong>ten<br />

hesitating, and never refractory<br />

to the chief. <strong>The</strong> fate which<br />

awaits a presumptuous critic,<br />

even where his virulent reproaches<br />

are substantially<br />

well-founded, is plainly set<br />

forth in the treatment <strong>of</strong> <strong>The</strong>rsites;<br />

while the unpopularity<br />

<strong>of</strong> such a character is attested<br />

even more by the excessive<br />

pains which <strong>Homer</strong> takes to

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