TheChristhimselfhadbeennoLawgiver，UnlesshehadgiventheLIFE，too，withthelaw。”

　　TheimportanceofRobertBrowning’spoetry，asembodyingtheprofoundestthought，thesubtlestandmostcomplexsentiment，and，aboveall，themostquickeningspiritualityoftheage，has，asyet，notwithstandingthegreatincreasewithinthelastfewyearsofdevotedstudents，receivedbutaniggardlyrecognitionwhencomparedwiththatreceivedbyfarinferiorcontemporarypoets。Thereare，however，manyindicationsinthepoeticalcriticismofthedaythatuponitwillerelongbepronouncedtheverdictwhichisitsdue。

　　AndthefoundingofasocietyinEnglandin1881，”togathertogethersomeatleastofthemanyadmirersofRobertBrowning，forthestudyanddiscussionofhisworks，andthepublicationofpapersonthem，andextractsfromworksillustratingthem”hasalreadycontributedmuchtowardspayingalong-standingdebt。

　　Mr。Browning’searliestpoems，`Pauline’hecallsitintheprefacetothereprintofitin1868”aboyishwork”，thoughitexhibitsthegreatbasalthoughtofallhissubsequentpoetry，waspublishedin1833，sincewhichtimehehasproducedthelargestbodyofpoetryproducedbyanyonepoetinEnglishliterature；andtherangeofthoughtandpassionwhichitexhibitsisgreaterthanthatofanyotherpoet，withoutasingleexception，sincethedaysofShakespeare。

　　AndheisthemostlikeShakespeareinhisdeepinterestinhumannatureinallitsvarietiesofgoodandevil。

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