Compare Paragraphs
This page compares two reports at the paragraph level. The column on the left shows the first report in its entirety, and the column in the middle identifies paragraphs from the second report with significant matching content. The column on the right highlights any differences between the two matching paragraphs: pink shows differences in the first report and purple in the second report. The Match percentage underneath each comparison row in this column shows the percentage of similarity between the two paragraphs.
Original paragraph in
The Standard Union - Wednesday, May 1, 1895
The Standard Union - Wednesday, May 1, 1895
Most similar paragraph from
The World - Tuesday, April 30, 1895
The World - Tuesday, April 30, 1895
Difference
It is only fair play for a man who is down, and charged with crimes so abominable that they are nameless, and therefore the accusers
have all the advantages, to say that yesterday on the stand he "absolutely denied that there was any word of truth in the charges against him." He had
many friends present who utterly disbelieve the testimony of the totally depraved creatures who have appeared as witnesses. The sonnet that Wilde wrote to
Lord Alfred Douglas was quoted: "I am that love, but dare not speak its name." Wilde was asked what that meant, and the press report says:
"Wilde, with marked deliberation and emphasis, answered: βIt is a love not understood in this century. It is the love of David for
Jonathan - a deep, spiritual affection, as pure as it is perfect. It is something this age does not understand. It mocks at it and sometimes puts one into
the pillory.' As Wilde finished his answer there were loud cheers from the gallery."
"It is a love that is not understood in this century. It is the love of David for Jonathan. A deep, spiritual affection as pure as it
is perfect. It is something this age does not understand. It mocks at it and sometimes puts one into the pillory."
Sir Edward Clarke, who withdrew from the case in the Queensberry prosecution, appeared for Wilde and made a masterly speech, saying
Oscar was a martyr. The jury in Wilde's case has disagreed, which means that the prosecution has failed. The verdict is at least "not proven," and it is
not likely the case will come to trial again.