[172] Inf. xxxi.
[173] Inf. iv. 144.
[174] Mediaeval Mind, Vol. II, p. 541, note.
[175] Par. xxv. 3.
[176] Conv. III, ix., fin.; p. 285, Oxf. Ed.; p. 227, Bemporad.
[177] Croce on the contrary urges with perhaps too great a bias in the other direction, that if Dante were not so great as a Poet, little would be thought of his achievements in other lines: “Se Dante non fosse, com’ è, grandissimo poeta, è da presumere che tutte quelle altre cose perderebbero rilievo.”—Poesia di Dante, p. 10.
[178] “On Dante the Poet,” see an admirable lecture delivered before the British Academy on May 4th, 1921, by Professor Cesare Foligno. (Humphrey Milford, 1/6 net). See also Appendix III.
[179] Osservatore Romano, May 4th, 1921. See Appendix II.
[180] La Poesia di Dante, Laterza, 1921.
[181] Id., pp. 9, 10.