Principles of Biography; the Leslie Stephen Lecture Delivered in the Senate House, Cambridge, On 13 May 1911
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Scurrility is not candour. To pander to a love of scandal is a greater sin in a biographer than in anybody else.
Lord Campbell wrote lives of lawyers, which satisfy many of the conditions of biography.
But their depreciatory tone, which prompted the epigram that biography lends a new sting to death, suggests malignity and distorts the true perspective. The com- petent biographer may fail Irom want of sympathy even when his skill is not in question.
Like the portrait painter who is fascinated by... forbidding aspects in a sitter's countenance, he may, even without conscious intention, produce a caricature instead of a portrait.
24 PRINCIPLES OF BIOGRAPHY All gradations of moral infirmity, from serious crime to mere deviation from accepted codes of good manners, will from time to time claim the biographer's notice and call for presentation in due perspective. Downright offences are not his only sources of embar- rassment. Perhaps more often is he con- fronted with inconsistencies of conduct or opinion, with sudden changes of beliefs, religious or political, which are currently sus- pected of dishonesty.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
Scurrility is not candour. To pander to a love of scandal is a greater sin in a biographer than in anybody else.
Lord Campbell wrote lives of lawyers, which satisfy many of the conditions of biography.
But their depreciatory tone, which prompted the epigram that biography lends a new sting to death, suggests malignity and distorts the true perspective. The com- petent biographer may fail Irom want of sympathy even when his skill is not in question.
Like the portrait painter who is fascinated by... forbidding aspects in a sitter's countenance, he may, even without conscious intention, produce a caricature instead of a portrait.
24 PRINCIPLES OF BIOGRAPHY All gradations of moral infirmity, from serious crime to mere deviation from accepted codes of good manners, will from time to time claim the biographer's notice and call for presentation in due perspective. Downright offences are not his only sources of embar- rassment. Perhaps more often is he con- fronted with inconsistencies of conduct or opinion, with sudden changes of beliefs, religious or political, which are currently sus- pected of dishonesty.
What to read after Principles of Biography; the Leslie Stephen Lecture Delivered in the Senate House, Cambridge, On 13 May 1911?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Lee Sidney Sir to read onlineMoreLess
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