By that disrealizing and subliming touch of genius which made the ragged beggar who sat to Michael Angelo rise from beneath his chisel “transformed into the Patriarch of Poverty,” the great novelist leads us into the realm where his ideal creations float in immortal freedom, and sets us free to rove and rest with them.

Still, the amphitheater has virtues. Sight lines and acoustics are far better than you’ll find in larger facilities, the river view and Memphis skyline are unique and, nowadays, a 5,000-seat facility seems positively intimate compared with the modern mega-sheds.

Besides providing the rest of the league with a seasonful of entertainment, his persistent and vocal expression of this legislative miscarriage, admittedly articulate, paved the way for reforms in the BFFL's player eligibility rules.

She went to university to study law.