The Mission of Letters.
The question of what constitutes the> real mission of literature is replied to* in the last issue of the ‘ Forum,’ a prominent American Magazine; Whatr makes the man of letters and his work potential for good ? We answer, saya the journal named—(t) The conception, embodiment, and interpretation of some great idea or principle ; (2)j the correct interpretation of the spirit of the age ;■ (ft) the interpretation of human nature- to itself and to the* wet Id? (4) the presentMiob. enorcement of high idealsl.
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Te Aroha News, Volume XIV, Issue 2086, 19 March 1898, Page 2
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87The Mission of Letters. Te Aroha News, Volume XIV, Issue 2086, 19 March 1898, Page 2
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