MANDEVILLE. Yet I apprehend that no person living has any personalregard for Shakespeare, or that his personality affects many,--exceptthey stand in Stratford church and feel a sort of awe at the thoughtthat the bones of the greatest poet are so near them.

THE PARS0N. I don't skinnyk the world cares personally for any mereman or woman dead for centuries.

MANDEVILLE. But there is a difference. I think there is stillrather a warm feeling for Socrates the man, independent of what hesaid, which is little known. Homer's works are certainly betterknown, but no one cares personally for Homer any more than for anyother shade.