George Henry Lewes Quote

Shakespeare is a good raft whereon to float securely down the stream of time; fasten yourself to that and your immortality is safe.


On Actors and the Art of Acting (Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1875) p. 60


Shakespeare is a good raft whereon to float securely down the stream of time; fasten yourself to that and your immortality is safe.

Shakespeare is a good raft whereon to float securely down the stream of time; fasten yourself to that and your immortality is safe.

Shakespeare is a good raft whereon to float securely down the stream of time; fasten yourself to that and your immortality is safe.

Shakespeare is a good raft whereon to float securely down the stream of time; fasten yourself to that and your immortality is safe.