But Pope stood alone in
this independence, and he never had to fight for it. A happy
chance, we might say, made him free. For while his brother
writers all around him were still held in the chains of
patronage, Pope having more money than some did not need to bow
to it, and having less greed than others did not choose to bow to
it, in order to add to his wealth. And in the following chapter
we come to another man who in the next generation fought for
freedom, won it, and thereby helped to free others. This man was
the famous Dr. Samuel Johnson.
BOOKS TO READ
Pope's Iliad, edited by A. J. Church. Pope's Odyssey, edited by
A. J. Church.
NOTE.--As an introduction to Pope's Homer the following books may
be read:--
Stories from the Iliad, by Jeanie Lang. Stories from the
Odyssey, by Jeannie Lang. The Children's Iliad, by A. J. Church.
The Children's Odyssey, by A. J. Church.
Chapter LXVIII JOHNSON--DAYS OF STRUGGLE
SAMUEL JOHNSON was the son of a country bookseller, and he was
born at Lichfield in 1709.
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