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Mg`jhwdaeblajts xiii
Gcrhjhdhby hf tca Difa mje Rhr`s hf Lmr` Uwmij xvii
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I . C u l h r I s t I j t C a R a s t
= Difa hj tca Wmdt ^ivar ==
> Rijehw th tca Rast =9
7 Hrihj >3
5 Whutcwast Culhrist 71
1 Urmlp _rijtar 55
6 Gun _idht 15
2 Eamtc hj tca Lississippi 6>
3 Fatgcijb Brmjt 62
9 Dibctijb Hut 25
=? M Liddihjmira fhr Uaj Emys 3=
== —Lmr` Uwmij“ 32
=> Bhvarjhr hf tca Ucire Chusa 95
=7 Uca Kulpijb Frhb =??
=5 Vmjemd Mnrhme ==?
=1 Ride Culhrist hf tca _mgig Wdhpa ==3
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I I . R r I t a r I j t C a a m s t
=6 Rastarjar ij tca Amst =>9=2 _idbrils hj tca Dhhsa =72
=3 Dhva ij m Dhg`at =51
=9 Uca Ijjhgajt mt Chla =17
>? Fmdsa Wtmrt ij Nuffmdh =6>
>= Nmg` hj tca Dagtura Girguit =2>
>> Chla ij Cmrtfhre =29>7 Waquad th m Wuggass =33
>5 M Nhh` mnhut tca Ajbdisc =91
>1 Ghdhjad Waddars >?=
>6 Lississippi Lalhrias >?9
>2 Uca ^iday Nhh` >=6
>3 Nmjjae ij Nhsthj >>>>9 Uca Ijjhgajt Mnrhme Mbmij >7=
7? Ehwj mje Hut ij _mris mje Dhjehj >5?
I I I . t C a m r t I s t m j e t C a N u s I j a s s l m j
7= Msshgimtihjs Jaw mje Hde >59
7> ^aturj th tca ^ivar mje tca Dagtura Girguit >16
77 Lmr` Uwmij mje tca _cujjy _caddhws >61
75 Ranstar mje _miba >2?
71 M ^hlmjga hf tca Rcita Ghjsgiajga >23
76 _undiscijb Brmjt >39
72 Nrhheijb ij @ijb Mrtcur’s Ghurt >92
73 _rhbrass mje _hvarty 7?6
79 Aurhpa hj Hjdy Ehddmrs m Emy 7=1
5? M Eraml Whde Ehwj tca ^ivar 7>>
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5= Fmlidy Lmttars 77=
5> M Friaje mt Wtmjemre Hid 772
57 Nrh`aj Uwibs mje Fhuje Gmjhas 751
55 Nmg` Chla mje Hvardmje 717
51 Dhst ij tca Nritisc Alpira 76?
56 Lmr` Uwmij’s Emubctar 762
I V. t C a l y s t a r I h u s s t r m j b a r
52 Gity hf Eramls 722
53 Rijtar Fmjtmsias 735
59 Ramry Whkhurjars 79>
1? Axida’s ^aturj 799
1= Chladass 5?6
1> M Eamtc ij Fdhrajga 5=1
Apidhbua 5>=
Mppajeix M. Gdalajs Bajamdhby 577
Mppajeix N. Nhh`s _undiscae nyGcmrdas D. Ranstar & Ghlpmjy 576
Jhtas 55=
Ijeax 529
Iddustrmtihjs fhddhw pmba =?5.
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—Wca wms mdwmys namutifud,“ Lmr` Uwmij wrhta hf cis lhtcar fhddhwijb
car eamtc ij =39?. Uca whlmj wch cme bivaj nirtc th Wmluad Dmjbchrja
Gdalajs eiae ij car aibcty-aibctc yamr. Mt tca aje, avaj witc car lije
ij tca fhb hf sajidity, sca stidd `jaw cil parfagtdy, tcis tcire shj wch cme
naaj nhrj twh lhjtcs pralmtura. —Nut th car eishrearae fmjgy I wms
jht m brmy-cameae lmj Phf mdlhst fty-va\, nut m sgchhd-nhy, mje cme
kust mrrivae frhl tca amst hj vmgmtihj.“ Mgtumddy, th na mt car naesiea, cacme trmvadae frhl Cmrtfhre, Ghjjagtigut, wcara ca cme divae witc cis
wifa mje tcraa emubctars fhr mdlhst twh eagmeas, nut ca wms shhj th
alnmr` hj m tcire eagmea ij Aurhpamj axida. Kmja Dmlpthj Gdalajs cme
divae witc car adeast shj, Hrihj, mje cis wifa ij @ah`u`, Ihwm, hj tca
Lississippi ^ivar, sijga =337. —I `jaw car wadd eurijb tca rst twajty-
va yamrs hf ly difa,“ ca wrhta, —nut mftar tcmt I smw car hjdy mt wiea
ijtarvmds, fhr wa divae lmjy emys’ khurjay mpmrt.“
Uca tcijb ca ralalnarae lhst mnhut —tcis rst mje gdhsast friaje“wms car mnieijb ijtarast ij —pahpda mje tca htcar mjilmds.“ Mt hja phijt
eurijb cis nhychhe tcay scmrae tcair chla witc jijataaj gmts, ujehunt-
aedy jhstmdbig `ij th tca fadijas dmtar fhuje ij hja hr twh hf cis whr`s.
—Wca wms tca jmturmd mddy mje friaje hf tca friajedass.“ It wms avaj
mssartae tcmt cis lhtcar whude, ms m fmitcfud _rasnytarimj, put ij m bhhe
whre fhr tca eavid cilsadf. _rmyar hftaj smvae m sijjar, —nut wch prmys
fhr Wmtmj8“ ca ragmddae car ms`ijb cil. —Rch, ij aibctaaj gajturias,
cms cme tca ghllhj culmjity th prmy fhr tca hja sijjar tcmt jaaeae itlhst8“ = Wmtmj, m stmpda hf Wml’s fujemlajtmdist Gcristimj upnrijbijb ij
_rdu
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Cmjjinmd, Lisshuri, whude mppamr ij cis dmst dhjb jmrrmtiva ms mj ijjh-
gajt yhujbstar wch gmradassdy ghjtrinutas th tca lisary hf tca culmj
ghjeitihj. Ij tca saghje hf tcraa ermfts hf wcmt is bajarmddy rafarrae thij tcis nihbrmpcy ms —Uca Lystarihus Wtrmjbar“ sthrias, Uwmij s`atgcae,
ms ca jhtae ij mj =392 khurjmd ajtry, —Wmtmj’s nhychhe ― bhijb mrhuje
witc htcar nhys & surprisijb tcal witc eavidisc lirmgdas.“ Ucis nhy
eavid―hja hf cis dmst nhychhe gramtihjs, wch is m ghlpmjihj hf Cug`
mje Uhl ― is mdsh tca dmst hf sugc strmjbars ij tca gtihj mje culhr
hf Lmr` Uwmij. Mt tca sthry’s aje ij tca lhst mutchritmtiva varsihj, ca
ruscas ij Uhl Wmwyar ‗di`a th mjjhujga tca pujgc dija th tca ghslig
kh`a gmddae difa ―tcmt tcara is —jh Bhe, jh ujivarsa, jh culmj rmga, jh
amrtcdy difa, jh camvaj, jh cadd.“>
Fhr lhst hf cis gmraar ms m writar wch nagmla whrde fmlhus ij cis
tcirtias, Lmr` Uwmij dmlajtae tcmt ca wms mppragimtae lmijdy ms m
culhrist, m shra phijt scmrae ny lhst lalnars hf cis fmlidy. Ucair
fmvhrita nhh` wms jht Mevajturas hf Cug`danarry Fijj, nut Uca _rijga mje
tca _mupar hr, whrsa, cis difa hf Khmj hf Mrg. Rritijb mjhjylhusdy ij tca
dmttar’s sarimd pundigmtihj, Wmluad Gdalajs wrhta ij tca stmjemre Ajbdischf Riddiml Eamj Chwadds mje Cajry Kmlas, shlatcijb ca ghude eh quita
wadd. Fhr wcajavar ramears hr mueithrs smw hr camre tca jmla —Lmr`
Uwmij,“ tcay axpagtae th dmubc. Ca cme m —gmdd,“ ms ca thde cis hdear
nrhtcar Hrihj ij =361, —th ditarmtura, hf m dhw hrear ―
i.a., culhrhus.“
Ritc tca pundigmtihj tcmt yamr hf —Kil Wliday mje Cis Kulpijb Frhb“ ij
tca dmst issua hf Cajry Gdmpp’s Jaw Yhr` Wmturemy _rass, tca smla khurjmd
tcmt pundiscae tca whr` hf mjhtcar pmrtigudmrdy varjmgudmr writar, Rmdt
Rcitlmj, ca cme turjae cis —mttajtihj th sarihusdy sgrinndijb th axgitatca dmubctar hf Bhe’s gramturas.“7 Yat ca mdwmys ijsistae, raghreijb it ij
cis muthnihbrmpcigmd writijbs, tcmt culhr wms hjdy m —frmbrmjga.“ Ij
mjy sarihus ditarmry whr`, it schude javar na mppdiae fhrgindy. Jhtijb
tca hndivihj th wcigc lhst hf tca culhrists hf cis emy cme mdramey naaj
ghjsibjae, ca wrhta tcmt ca cme dmstae fhr tcirty yamrs nagmusa culhr
wms larady m ny-prheugt hf m cibcar mil. —If tca culhr gmla hf its hwj
mgghre,“ ca wrhta ij cis muthnihbrmpcy, —I cmva mddhwae it m pdmga ij ly
Pwhr`\, nut I wms jht writijb Pit\ fhr tca sm`a hf culhr.“5
Ij fmgt, tca shurga hf Lmr` Uwmij’s culhr wms udtilmtady eamedy sari-
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hus, ms ijeaae it is witc tca sprijbs hf mdd mutcajtig hr dmstijb culhr. Ij
eagdijijb th aeit m ghlig pariheigmd fhr tca LgGdura Wyjeigmta ij =9??,
ca wrhta; —Fhr its hwj ijtarasts, culhr schude tm`a its hutijbs ij brmvaghlpmjy0 its gcaarfud erass bats caibctajae ghdhr frhl tca prhxility hf
shnar cuas.“ Ucrhubchut tca gtihj hf Lmr` Uwmij, m strmjbar hr mj avajt
is usumddy ijtrheugae th pudd tca rub hut frhl ujear hur axpagtmtihjs. Ij
tca fmlhus Kulpijb Frhb sthry, fhr axmlpda, it is m strmjbar wch dds Kil
Wliday’s frhb witc qumid scht sh tcmt ca dhsas tca ghjtast―mje tca nat.
Qdtilmtady, tca jaw buy ij thwj naghlas m —lystarihus strmjbar“ wch
turjs hut th na m gdhsa radmtiva hf tca eavid cilsadf. Ms Narjmre Ea Vhth
wrhta mdlhst aibcty yamrs mbh; —Ij Lmr` Uwmij’s culhr, eisajgcmjt-
lajt, tca mg`jhwdaeblajt hf eafamt, tca ramdizmtihj hf futidity je m
lmtura axprassihj. Ca dmubcs mje, fhr tca rst tila, Mlarigmj ditarmtura
phssassas m trmbig dmubctar.“1 Ra dmubc, hf ghursa, mt tca ijghjbruity
natwaaj iddusihj mje ramdity, hftaj tca trmbig ruptura natwaaj axpagtm-
tihj mje hutghla. ^mdpc Rmdeh Alarshj, wch, irhjigmddy, whude dmtar
na pargaivae ms hja hf tca vigtils hf Uwmij’s culhr ij tca jhthrihus
Rcittiar nirtcemy eijjar spaagc hf =322, hnsarvae ij tca assmy —UcaGhlig“ tcmt lmj —is tca hjdy kh`ar ij jmtura.“6 Ucis wms trua, smedy
ajhubc, nagmusa hjdy culmjs ghude saa chw hftaj difa prasajtae itsadf
hutsiea tca ghjtaxt hf tca ieamd. Its ijghjbruity wms udtilmtady dmubcmnda.
Ij cis =322 spaagc, Uwmij cme tchubct it whude na —fujjy“ th msshgimta
Alarshj, Dhjbfaddhw, mje Chdlas witc eruj`aj lijars mje th tm`a
dijas frhl tcair nast whr` hut hf ghjtaxt. It wms ijghjbruhus mje tcus
fujjy, nut ms tca lhra eipdhlmtig Chwadds ragmddae yamrs dmtar, ca cme
mdsh —triae witc“ bramt raputmtihjs.2
Easgrinijb cis rst savaj sig`dy yamrs, divijb —mdthbatcar hj axpajsiva
mddhpmtcig laeigijas,“ Uwmij ragmddae, jh ehunt fmgatihusdy, tcmt ca hjga
ms`ae cis lhtcar chw sca fadt mnhut cil ij tchsa amrdy emys. —Ritc mj
mdlhst pmtcatig amrjastjass sca smie, –Mdd mdhjb mt rst I wms mfrmie yhu
whude eia’―m sdibct raagtiva pmusa, tcaj tcis meeitihj, sph`aj ms if tmd`-
ijb th carsadf ―–mje mftar tcmt I wms mfrmie yhu whudej’t.’ “3 Kmja Gdalajs
wms surady tca waddsprijb hf car shj’s phijtae culhr. Uca strmjbar ij
tca whr` hf Lmr` Uwmij isj’t, tcarafhra, silpdy m parshj, nut mdwmys tcaalnheilajt hf tcis `ije hf ujaxpagtae twist ij tca jmrrmtiva. Ij cis vary
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rst trudy phpudmr whr̀ wa je tca smla `ije hf brildy irhjig culhr ij
tca easgriptihj hf Kil Wliday’s meeigtihj th bmlndijb; rabmredass hf tca
ghjsaquajgas, ca whude sadscdy nat hj mjytcijb, ijgdueijb wcatcar tcapmrshj’s wifa, wchsa iddjass wms schwijb ilprhvalajt, whude prhnmndy
eia mjywmy. Lugc hf Uwmij’s culhr is —fujjy“ themy silpdy nagmusa it
is sh sarihus ij wcmt it smys mnhut tca culmj ghjeitihj, hr wcmt Uwmij
supphsaedy gmddae tca —Emljae Culmj ^mga“ (tcis axmgt pcrmsa javar
cmvijb naaj fhuje ij cis ghddagtae writijbs hr dattars).9
Lmr` Uwmij (=371‗=9=?) nabmj ms m culhrist mje ajeae ms m passilist,
m eatarlijist wch fhuje ij nhtc sgiajga mje nindigmd fmndas irhjig wmys hf
schwijb tca gruadty mje ujcmppijass hf lmj ms tca hjdy naijb hj amrtc
wch `jhws tca eiffarajga natwaaj bhhe mje avid mje yat ijavitmndy
gchhsas avid. Mt tca hutsat hf cis writijb gmraar, ca wms smtisae th na
rabmreae ny tca pundig ms m culhrist ―mj mutchr hf tca —daft cmje,“ ms
it wms smie hf ditarmry ghlaeimjs hf tca Hde Whutcwast―ijstame hf ms m
sarihus writar hf —ditarmtura.“=? Yat eurijb cis gmraar, cis whr` ujear-
wajt m lmkhr trmjsfhrlmtihj tcmt raagtae tca vigissitueas hf cis difa ms
m prijtar, Lississippi ^ivar pidht, Givid Rmr shdeiar, wastarj jawspmparraphrtar, trmvad writar, dagturar, pundiscar, gramthr hf cyljs th gcidechhe,
mje udtilmtady, tca mutchr hf hja hf Mlarigm’s chjhrae gdmssigs. Ca wms
mdsh mj ijvajthr wchsa sadf-pmstijb sgrmpnhh` lmea cil lhjay, mje mj
ijvasthr mje pundiscar wchsa ghlpmjy wajt nmj`rupt. Di`a Rcitlmj,
ca wms mj hutsiear ij m bajtaad ditarmry shgiaty wchsa bramtast whr` wms
assajtimddy —nmjjae ij Nhsthj.“ Yat ms m culhrist ca wms mdsh pmrt hf tcmt
shgiaty mje divae tca difa hf m rigc lmj ij Cmrtfhre fhr twajty yamrs, mje
mnrhme fhr mdlhst m eagmea, mje jmddy rasieae ij Jaw Yhr` Gity mje^aeeijb, Ghjjagtigut. If wa ghujt mdd tchsa trips ca lmea up mje ehwj
tca Lississippi, cis tra` hut wast mje th Cmwmii, mje cis ijjularmnda
trips―shlatilas lhjtcdy ij tca =39?s―th Aurhpa, Lmr` Uwmij prhn-
mndy trmvadae lhra tcmj mdlhst mjy htcar Mlarigmj ij tca jijataajtc
gajtury. Mdd tca wcida, ca wms mdsh trmvadijb hj tca frhjtiar hf Mlarigmj
ditarmtura, lm`ijb ijrhmes ijth mrams cmredy thugcae ny cis praeagasshrs.
Lmr` Uwmij, tca jhl ea buarra ca mehptae ij =367, rst nagmla
fmlhus assajtimddy fhr taddijb mjaw, mje ij tca nast trmeitihj hf tcaculhr hf tca Hde Whutcwast, mj ujhribijmd sthry mnhut m frhb. Ritc tca
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suggass hf tcis mje htcar tmdas, ca nagmla m trmvad writar, wchsa fhrlmd
trmvad nhh`s wara Uca Ijjhgajts Mnrhme, ^hubcijb It, M Urmlp Mnrhme,
mje Fhddhwijb tca Aqumthr. Yat ij m nrhmear sajsa, mdd cis whr`s waratrmvad nhh`s, apisheig ij tcair pdhts. Uwmij javar quita `jaw wcara ca
wms bhijb wcaj ca stmrtae m nhh`, hftaj hjdy witc jmjgimd bmij mt
tca fhrafrhjt hf cis lije. Uchubc gdamrdy m ditarmry bajius, ca wms jht
mt tca hutsat m eisgipdijae writar mje amrdy ij cis gmraar sadehl spajt
tila hj ravisihj. Rcaj ca —rmj hut hf bms,“ ms ca hftaj put it, ca whude
put tca whr` mwmy fhr lhjtcs hr yamrs. Ucis wms rapamtaedy tca gmsa
fhr Mevajturas hf Cug`danarry Fijj, cis bramtast whr`, wchsa ujjiscae
lmjusgript ca tcramtajae th nurj mt hja phijt. Cug`danarry Fijj wms jht
hjdy cis bramtast nhh`0 it wms m trmvad nhh` tcmt thh` cil furtcast ijth
tca lystary hf axistajga.
Fhr lhst hf cis difa tcis mrtist ghjsiearae cilsadf m nusijasslmj
wchsa lmij tmdajt mt lm`ijb lhjay dmy jht hjdy ij mutchrscip mje
dagturijb nut mdsh ij ijvastlajts tcmt gudlijmtae ij m nmj`rupt pun-
discijb ghlpmjy mje tca dhss hf lmjy tchusmjes lhra hj tca _miba
Uypasattar
―
ijeaae lhra tcmj fhur liddihj ehddmrs ij themy’s lhjay.Ca mdwmys wmjtae th naghla rigc, jht pmrtigudmrdy nagmusa hf cis cul-
nda gcidechhe ij Fdhriem mje Cmjjinmd, Lisshuri, nut nagmusa ca wms
mrhuje tca ilprassihjmnda mba hf tcirtaaj wcaj tca Gmdifhrjim Bhde
^usc hf ’59 swapt tcrhubc Cmjjinmd mje thh` m julnar hf its ijcmnit-
mjts hut wast. Ca wajt wast cilsadf ij =36= ij tca ghlpmjy hf Hrihj,
wch cme naaj mpphijtae sagratmry th tca tarrithrimd bhvarjhr hf Javmem.
Ca avajtumddy prhspagtae fhr bhde mje sidvar, nut —strug` it rigc“ hjdy
wcaj ca nagmla m writar, tchubc ijitimddy ms m jawspmpar raphrtar fhrtca Virbijim Gity Uarrithrimd Ajtarprisa. Ucis hpphrtujity avajtumddy thh`
cil th Gmdifhrjim mje htcar jawspmpar khns ― ij wcigc cis bramt tmdajt
dmy ij raphrtijb cis trmvads, ijitimddy ij tca Cmwmiimj Isdmjes ij =366 ―
mje udtilmtady th m pmrmddad gmraar ms ghlig dagturar ij tca trmeitihj hf
Mrtalus Rmre, wch eiae mt mj amrdy mba ij =362, tcus gdamrijb tca stmba
fhr cis friaje mje prhtébé.
Uwmij strubbdae witc tca prhndals hf tca whrde lhra mje lhra ms
ca wajt tcrhubc difa. Ca jmddy nagmla tca lystarihus strmjbar ca cmerapamtaedy ghjkurae up natwaaj —Kil Wliday mje Cis Kulpijb Frhb“
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mje —Jh. 55, Uca Lystarihus Wtrmjbar“ (tca dmst hf tcraa varsihjs hf tcis
phstculhusdy pundiscae whr`). Ij M Ghjjagtigut Ymj`aa ij @ijb Mrtcur’s
Ghurt (=339), fhr axmlpda, mj mggdmilae whr` ij its hwj emy tcmt is saaj ny shla themy ms m ditarmry fmidura, ca sat hut th gadanrmta tca ealhgrmgy
hf tca ghllhj lmj mje ajeae up ghjealjijb culmj`ije. Ca cme
nriay fhuje cis fmitc ij lmj ij Cug`danarry Fijj, nut ca cme mdsh dhst it
ij tca hvarmdd prhgass hf writijb tcis nhh`. Cug` Fijj bmva wmy th Cmj`
Lhrbmj, mje hjga tcmt cmppajae, tca writar’s ilmbijmtihj wms ehhlae
th radiva gcidechhe Gmdvijist lytcs ij smtiras hj Bhe mje camvaj.
Aspagimddy mftar tca sueeaj eamtc hf cis fmvhrita mje gdamrdy tmdajtae
emubctar Wusy ij =396, ca avaj nagmla m strmjbar th cilsadf, wm`ijb up
ij m whrde ij wcigc tca radmtihjscip hf Bhe th lmj is jh lhra tcmj tcmt
hf m thwj eruj` th hja hf cis ligrhnas. Uwmij wh`a up ij tca twajtiatc
gajtury. Cara tca assajtimdist whrde hf Bhe-gajtarae hrear bmva wmy th m
cadpdass radmtivisl lmjemtae ny lhearj sgiajga mje its gajtrmd tcahry hf
avhdutihj. Ij sugc m nrmva jaw whrde, ms Lmr` Uwmij wrydy jhtae, Bhe
gramtae tca lhj`ay kust fhr prmgtiga. Ucaj ca lmea lmj.
Jhw, hja cujerae yamrs mftar cis eamtc ij =9=?, ij tca —ijfhrlm-tihj mba“ hf tca stidd yhujb twajty-rst gajtury, it is tila th rajaw hur
mgqumijtmjga witc tcis fmlidimr strmjbar ij hur ditarmtura mje gudtura.
Wijga tca pundigmtihj hf Mdnart Nibadhw _mija’s ludtivhdula mutchrizae
nihbrmpcy ij =9=>, lhra tcmj twajty nihbrmpcias (jht ghujtijb kuvajida
tramtlajts) cmva naaj pundiscae, lhst ragajtdy Frae @mpdmj’s mje ^hj
_hwars’s nihbrmpcias ij >??7 mje >??1. Wijga Kustij @mpdmj’s priza-wij-
jijb difa hf tca writar ij =966, lhra tcmj va tchusmje hf Lmr` Uwmij’s
dattars cmva naaj eisghvarae. Yat tcara is jh trudy gritigmd nihbrmpcy hf tcis, Mlarigm’s lhst fmlhus writar. Avaj themy tca lhst ghlpracaj-
siva tramtlajt is _mija’s, stidd tca hjdy shurga hf gartmij ijfhrlmtihj
avaj tchubc it cms naghla hutemtae ij its rasamrgc mje Vigthrimj prij-
gipdas. Lhra cms naaj writtaj mnhut Lmr` Uwmij tcmj mnhut mjy htcar
Mlarigmj writar0 ijeaae, cis nihbrmpcar ghlas th ramdiza tcmt tcara is
ij fmgt mdramey m nhh` writtaj hj jamrdy avary mspagt hf Uwmij’s difa mje
gmraar, jht th lajtihj tca cujeraes hf sgchdmrdy mje phpudmr mrtigdas.
Rcmt is mttalptae cara is m gritigmd rataddijb hf tca difa mje whr̀ , nmsae ijpmrt hj pravihusdy ujpundiscae hr dittda-`jhwj mrgcivmd lmtarimds mvmid-
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mnda mt tca Lmr` Uwmij _rhkagt mt tca Qjivarsity hf Gmdifhrjim, Nar`aday.
Its schrt gcmptars, hr vibjattas, saa` th gmptura tca nihbrmpcigmd, cisthri-
gmd, mje th shla axtajt psygchdhbigmd lhlajts hf m difa tcmt wms ms dhjbmje twistae ms tca Lississippi ^ivar. It wms mdsh m sablajtae hr apisheig
difa, lugc di`a cis bramtast gtihjs, wcigc saals th suit tca nriaf gcmptars
tcmt lm`a up tcis nihbrmpcy.
Hj tca ditarmry siea, Uwmij’s ijtarmgtihjs witc sugc writars ms Kmlas
Fajilhra Ghhpar, ^mdpc Rmdeh Alarshj, mje Rmdt Rcitlmj mra ax-
pdhrae ij jaw mje axtajeae wmys. Uca difa hf tcis —fmlidy lmj“ is mdsh
raaxmlijae th ravamd tca fmtcar hf tcraa emubctars ms jht hjdy hvardy
prhtagtiva nut mdsh phssindy lmjipudmtiva. Uca writar hf sh-gmddae gcid-
eraj’s ditarmtura javar trudy wmjtae cis emubctars th brhw up mje ra-
farrae th tcal ms gcideraj avaj wcaj tcay wara ij tcair twajtias. Cme
sca divae m fudd difa, Wusy ― hr Hdivim Wusmj Gdalajs, ms sca sibjae car
dattars mt Nryj Lmwr mje mftar ― whude vary phssindy cmva mehptae tca
difastyda hf tca _ra-^mpcmaditas mje mastcatas. Fijmddy, tcis nihbrmpcy
strivas th gadanrmta jht larady hja hf Mlarigm’s bramtast writars nut hja
hf its bramtast varjmgudmr writars. It ghlpdatas wcmt I eisghvarae I wmsehijb hjdy ij tca prhgass; tcmt is, jiscijb m tridhby hf sugc lmkhr writars
hf tca jijataajtc mje amrdy twajtiatc gajturias. I nabmj it ij =999 witc
ly difa hf Rmdt Rcitlmj, wchsa Damvas hf Brmss ijtrheugae Mlarigmj
spaagc ijth Mlarigmj phatry. I ghjtijuae ij >??1 witc Ucahehra Eraisar,
wch wms fuddy fhrlae ms m writar ij tca jijataajtc gajtury, nram`ijb
hut witc cis rst hf twh lmstarpiagas ij =9??, Wistar Gmrria. (Ijtarastijbdy,
tcmt yamr Cmrpar’s rakagtae Eraisar’s rst jhvad mrhuje tca smla tila it
wms naghlijb Lmr` Uwmij’s pundiscar.) Ritc tcis vhdula I cmva triaeth ealhjstrmta chw yat mjhtcar ditarmry ealhgrmt prheugae m whrde
ditarmtura eistijgtivady chlabrhwj.