DIRECTIONS FOR WRITING
Think of a thesis, or statement, in which you believe strongly. Explain, first of all, that it is entirely natural for any one to act in accordance with your thesis. Illustrate your thought by making definite references to well-known characteristics, and by making apt quotations. End your work by writing a paragraph that will correspond with the last paragraph of Dr. Lipsky's essay.
FOOTNOTES:
[127] Thomas de Quincey (1785-1859). A celebrated English essayist, noted for the poetic beauty of his prose style.
[128] Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894). A great modern novelist and essayist whose style has both vigor and beauty of rhythm.
[129] William Dean Howells (1837-1920). A modern realistic novelist and literary critic who wrote in a serene and quiet style.
[130] Edward Gibbon (1737-1794). A great English historian, author of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. His style is stately and impressive, as befits a great subject.
[131] Sir Thomas Browne (1605-1682). A writer of essay-like books that are notable because of unusual beauty of phrasing and rich suggestiveness of expression.
[132] Levana. One of the most poetic of Thomas De Quincey's essays.
[133] Walter Pater (1839-1894). An English essayist noted for the richness of his prose style.
[134] Robinson Crusoe, by Daniel Defoe (1661-1731), and Pilgrim's Progress, by John Bunyan (1628-1688), are both written in plain, unaffected style.
[135] George Bernard Shaw (1856—). A present-day dramatist and critic who adapts his style to his thought.
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