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... talent will be acknowledged . If he is a writer he a will fulfil some need in the nature of his readers and they ... talent . I do not believe that genius is an entirely different thing from talent . I am not even sure that it depends on ...
... talent will be acknowledged . If he is a writer he a will fulfil some need in the nature of his readers and they ... talent . I do not believe that genius is an entirely different thing from talent . I am not even sure that it depends on ...
Page 77
... talent ; few people have . With talent the artist will only reach the second class , but that need not disturb him for it contains the names of many whose works have uncommon merit . When you think it has produced such novels as Le ...
... talent ; few people have . With talent the artist will only reach the second class , but that need not disturb him for it contains the names of many whose works have uncommon merit . When you think it has produced such novels as Le ...
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... talent and makes him a writer forever prevents him from knowing exactly what ordinary men are . It is not truth he attains , but merely a transposition of his own personality . And the greater his talent , the more I powerful his ...
... talent and makes him a writer forever prevents him from knowing exactly what ordinary men are . It is not truth he attains , but merely a transposition of his own personality . And the greater his talent , the more I powerful his ...
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