Mher
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Dear friends, could you paraphrase the last sentence of this excerpt? Why is 'truth' written without a definite article? What does it mean here?
"There are certain themes of which the interest is all-absorbing, but which are too entirely horrible for thepurposes of legitimate fiction. These the mere romanticist must eschew, if he do not wish to offend, or to disgust.
They are with propriety handled, only when the severity and majesty of truth sanctify and sustain them." (http://poestories.com/read/premature)
My version is as follows: "They are treated duly only when the seriousness and majesty of that reality sanctify and reinforce them."
"There are certain themes of which the interest is all-absorbing, but which are too entirely horrible for thepurposes of legitimate fiction. These the mere romanticist must eschew, if he do not wish to offend, or to disgust.
They are with propriety handled, only when the severity and majesty of truth sanctify and sustain them." (http://poestories.com/read/premature)
My version is as follows: "They are treated duly only when the seriousness and majesty of that reality sanctify and reinforce them."
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