We have no such expectation: not even, it may be added, any such intention. We aim at thorough-going unpopularity: and there is every reason to believe that, with the blessëd who expect little, we shall not be disappointed.
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In the first place, The Pagan Review is frankly pagan: pagan in sentiment, pagan in convictions, pagan in outlook. This being so, it is a magazine only for those who, with Mr. George Meredith, can exclaim in all sincerity—
“O sir, the truth, the truth! is’t in the skies,
Or in the grass, or in this heart of ours—
But O, the truth, the truth!...”—
and at the same time, and with the same author, are not unready to admit that truth to life, external and internal, very often
“... is not meat
For little people or for fools.”
To quote from Mr. Meredith once more:
“... these things are life: