RECKING THE REDE LECTURE.
"His paramount aim was to make the world better by the humanising influences of literature."—Professor Jebb on Erasmus.
Friend of Colet and of More,
Genial wit and learned scholar,
Never pedant, prig, or bore.
Dulness and the Mighty Dollar
Rule too much our world of books;
Slang, sensation, crass stupidity;
Talk of "oof" and prate of "spooks,"