quite necessary principle. Whereas the philosopher teaches and 
the historian gives examples of philosophical principle, only the 
poet applies the whole matter to the correction of the human 
will and the erection of the human spirit:

          Now doth the peerless poet perform both: for 
     whatsoever the philosopher saith should be done, he 
     giveth a perfect picture of it in some one by whom he 
     presupposeth it was done; so as he coupleth the general 
     notion with the particular example. A perfect picture I say, 
     for he yieldeth to the powers of the mind an image of 
     that whereof the philosopher bestoweth but a wordish 
     description: which doth neither strike, pierce, nor possess 
     the sight of the soul so much as that other doth. (48)

     A more unexpected translation into the new mode