THE GREAT TRADITION

A BOOK OF SELECTIONS FROM ENGLISH AND

AMERICAN PROSE AND POETRY, ILLUSTRATING THE
NATIONAL IDEALS OF FREEDOM, FAITH, AND CONDUCT

CHOSEN AND EDITED BY

Alnit

EDWIN GREENLAW

KENAN PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH, UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA

AND

JAMES HOLLY HANFORD

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH, UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA

Shakespeare was of us, Millon was for us,
Burns, Shelley were wilh us—they watch from their graves.

SCOTT, FORESMAN AND COMPANY
CHICAGO

NEW YORK

TABLE OF CONTENTS

THE RENAISSANCE

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I. THE EXPANSION OF THE INDIVIDUAL-

DOCTOR FAUSTUS (Abridged), Christopher Marlowe..

TAMBURLAINE (Selection), Christopher Marlowe.....

"ALL KNOWLEDGE TO BE MY PROVINCE,” Francis Bacon.

A MORE DIVINE PERFECTION, Richard Hooker.....

SELF DISCIPLINE: THE STORY OF Guyon, Edmund Spenser

THE GOSPEL OF BEAUTY, Edmund Spenser...

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II. A GREATER BRITAIN-

THE CHARACTER OF ELIZABETH, John Richard Green...

THE MENACE OF SPAIN, John Richard Green....

THE SPIRIT OF ENGLAND, William Shakespeare.

“This England” (Richard II).....

Unity Against the Foe (King John).

England at War (Henry V)..

BALLAD OF AGINCOURT, Michael Drayton..

THE DEEDS OF ELIZABETHAN SEAMEN, Richard Hakluyt.

TO THE VIRGINIAN Voyage, Michael Drayton.

THE VICTORY OF ENGLAND, Sir Walter Raleigh..

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III. TRAINING FOR EMPIRE-

THE EDUCATION OF MEN WHO ARE TO RULE, Sir Thomas Elyot.

"THE RANK Is BUT THE GUINEA's STAMP,” Sir Thomas Elyot..

OF VIRTUOUS AND GENTLE DISCIPLINE, Edmund Spenser...

“THE BRAVE COURTIER,” Edmund Spenser..

COUNSELS OF EXPERIENCE, Francis Bacon..

Of Truth...

Of Travel.

Of Studies..

Of Nature in Men...

Of Great Place.

Of Dispatch...

THE SERVICE OF LEARNING TO THE STATE, Francis Bacon.

In Praise of Learning..

Some Defects in Learning..

Of the Architecture of Fortune..

This Third Period of Time.

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IV. DEAS OF THE STATE-

THE IMAGINARY COMMONWEALTH OF UTOPIA, Sir Thomas More.....

Thomas More to Peter Giles, of Antwerp...

England Through Utopian Eyes.

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