"Who doth ambition shun." _As You Like It_, II. v. [3] For these and other points of resemblance, cf. Professor Firth's Leaflet on Bunyan (_English Association Papers_, No. 19). [4] _On Compromise_, published 1874. [5] In his latest volume (_Marriage_), Mr. Wells has spoken in a different tone from that of his other recent works. It is a welcome change, and it may be the herald of something more positive still, and of a wholesome and inspiring treatment of the human problems. But behind it lie _First and Last Things_, _Tono Bungay_, _Ann Veronica_, and _The New Macchiavelli_. [6] Mr. Chesterton perceives this, though he does not always express it unmistakably. He tells us that he does not mean to attack the authority of reason, but that his ultimate purpose is rather to defend it. [7] These verses, probably unfinished and certainly left rough for future perfecting, were found among Francis Thompson's papers when he died.