The life of Swift is a living tragedy. He had the power of
gaining wealth, like the hero of the Jew of Malta; yet he used
it scornfully, and in sad irony left what remained to him of a
large property to found a hospital for lunatics. By hard work
he won enormous literary power, and used it to satirize our
common humanity. He wrested political power from the hands of
the Tories, and used it to insult the very men who had helped
him, and who held his fate in their hands. By his dominant
personality he exercised a curious power over women, and used
it brutally to make them feel their inferiority. Being loved
supremely by two good women, he brought sorrow and death to
both, and endless misery to himself. So his power brought
always tragedy in its wake.--WILLIAM J. LONG, “English
Literature.”
(2074)
=Mnemonics, An Exercise in=--See MEMORY.
=Mobility=--See MOVEMENT UNCEASING.
=Model, The Mouth as a=--See NATURE AS A MODEL.