Excerpt from Tennyson, Vol. 2 of 2: His Art and Relation to Modern Life

The Coming of Arthur shows this conception fully orbed in the mind df Tennyson. Arthur is the rational soul, not the son of Uther and Ygerne, but coming mysteriously from heaven and washed into Merlin's arms by a great wave. Merlin, who edu cates him, is intellectual power, with all the magic of science. Arthur's kingship is opposed by the brutal and sensual powers in human nature, but the soul beats them down, and lets in light and justice over'

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