Walter William Strickland, Two Mock Epics — Preface (1894)
“ Freethinkers have no desire unduly to wound the susceptibilities of Christians, but only to render the barbarities which hitherto have invariably accompanied every powerful Christian organisation, impossible for the future, or at any rate ridiculous. ”
Walter William Strickland, Two Mock Epics — Preface (1894)
“ Literary form is seen in perfection only in highly inflexed languages. Czech is more highly inflexed than Greek or Latin. English is fast returning to the agglutinative stage. However, in spite of these drawbacks, it is hoped that the poem, if it does not find a large audience, may at least please those who know what good writing is, and that the striking humour and admirable working out of the origina conceit may to some extent counterbalance the inevitable defects of a translation. ”
