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The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear

And the oldest and strongest fear is fear of the unknown

These facts, few psychologists would dispute

And their admitted truth must establish for all time

The genuineness and dignity

Of the weirdly horrible tale as a literary form

Against it are discharged all the shafts of a materialistic sophistication

Which clings to frequently felt emotions and external events

And of a naïvely insipid idealism

Which depricates the aesthetic motive

And calls for a didactic literature to uplift the reader

Towards a suitable degree of smirking optimism

But in spite of all this opposition

The weird tale has survived

Developed and attained remarkable heights of perfection

Founded as it is on a profound elementary principle

Whose appeal, if not always universal

Must necessarily be poignant and permanent

The minds of the requisite sensitiveness

Children will always be afraid of the dark

And men with minds sensitive to hereditary impulse

Will always tremble at the thought of the hidden

And fathomless worlds of strange life

Which pulsate in the gulfs beyond the stars

Or press hideously upon our own globe

In unholy dimensions

Which only the dead and the moonstruck can glimpse

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