The Daily Colonist - Thursday, April 11, 1895
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A DREADFUL EXPOSURE.
The arraignment of Oscar Wilde and the revelations that were made in the course of the Queensberry trial should convince every-one capable of reflection that real refinement is not necessarily an ingredient of modern aesthetic culture. It was only the other day that Oscar Wilde was looked upon by very many as an authority in matters of taste. He was, indeed, a sort of high priest in aesthetics, to whom thousands of cultivated men and pure women looked up for instruction in all that relates to beauty and seemliness. It is now seen of what material their idol is made. The exposure is indeed humiliating and is calculated to lower our opinion of mankind. Can there be anything worthy of respect and admiration in such a nature? Are there many such men as Wilde in any class of society, even the very lowest?