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Original paragraph in
Daily World - Thursday, April 18, 1895
Daily World - Thursday, April 18, 1895
Most similar paragraph from
The Sun - Sunday, April 7, 1895
The Sun - Sunday, April 7, 1895
Difference
The English newspapers are full of the Wilde sensation. The London Chronicle recognizes the wide extent of the evil and says: For a long
time past London life, or let us say a small and obscure section of it, has been under the shadow of a black cloud. Everybody has suspected and feared;
nobody, no decent person, but has known that there was some centre whence most deadly infection spread. It was apparent in a certain class of literature.
Now a jury has declared that even a man of unattractive character has done a public benefit in branding one of the most prominent figures in our drama,
our literature, and by no means an unfashionable section of society. Suffice it to know that as some return for the undamning of the putrid stream our
life is rid forever of a pestiferous poseur. The way has been cleared for the increased wholesomeness of life. Public opinion has been so sharply screwed
up in the past two days that certain things in current art and literature, no less than in conduct, will be intolerable for at least a long time to
come.
The Chronicle recognizes the wide extent of the evil, and says: "For a long time past London life, or let us say a small and obscure
section of it, has been under the shadow of a black cloud. Everybody has suspected and feared; nobody, no decent person, has known that there was some
centre whence most deadly infections spread. It was apparent in a certain class of literature. Now a jury has declared that even a man of unattractive
character has done a public benefit in branding one of the most prominent figures in our drama, our literature, and by no means an unfashionable section
of society. Suffice it to know that, as some return for the undamming of the putrid stream, our life is rid forever of a pestiferous poseur. The way has
been cleared for the increased wholesomeness of life. Public opinion has been so sharply screwed up in the past two days that certain things in current
art and literature, no less than in conduct, will be intolerable for at least a long time to come."