On genius, in which it is attempted to be proved that there is no mental distinction among mankind |
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... instances from the records of ancient Greece , as no country affords so rich a choice ; and the examples themselves are familiar to us all . There Homer produced the most perfect Poem that the world has ever seen , without any aid from ...
... instances from the records of ancient Greece , as no country affords so rich a choice ; and the examples themselves are familiar to us all . There Homer produced the most perfect Poem that the world has ever seen , without any aid from ...
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... instances appears to have been rendered barren by early and prolific production . All these examples of excellence have ever been regarded by mankind as the fruits of minds specially endowed by nature ; and the endowment itself has been ...
... instances appears to have been rendered barren by early and prolific production . All these examples of excellence have ever been regarded by mankind as the fruits of minds specially endowed by nature ; and the endowment itself has been ...
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... instances of the labours of Genius lead us ? To none other than reason herself would prescribe for the educa- tion of all men ; diligence , unwearied diligence ; to trust to the " culture , not the soil . " Though I shall endeavour to ...
... instances of the labours of Genius lead us ? To none other than reason herself would prescribe for the educa- tion of all men ; diligence , unwearied diligence ; to trust to the " culture , not the soil . " Though I shall endeavour to ...
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... instance of intellectual excellence which man- kind ever admired , can be satisfactorily explained upon physical principles , we may , and we ought to dismiss the unsupported hypothesis of Genius . Genius , it is true , cuts the gordian ...
... instance of intellectual excellence which man- kind ever admired , can be satisfactorily explained upon physical principles , we may , and we ought to dismiss the unsupported hypothesis of Genius . Genius , it is true , cuts the gordian ...
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... instances of the inadequacy of lan- guage is to be found in Definition . We all remem- ber the elaborate definition of network by Dr. Johnson ; and we cannot but know , that that defi- nition would fail to convey any idea of the thing ...
... instances of the inadequacy of lan- guage is to be found in Definition . We all remem- ber the elaborate definition of network by Dr. Johnson ; and we cannot but know , that that defi- nition would fail to convey any idea of the thing ...
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Page 48 - To them his heart, his love, his griefs were given, But all his serious thoughts had rest in Heaven. As some tall cliff, that lifts its awful form, Swells from the vale and midway leaves the storm, Though round its breast the rolling clouds are spread, Eternal sunshine settles on its head.
Page 70 - How charming is divine Philosophy! Not harsh and crabbed, as dull fools suppose, But musical as is Apollo's lute, And a perpetual feast of nectar'd sweets, Where no crude surfeit reigns.
Page 9 - Ten censure wrong for one who writes amiss ; A fool might once himself alone expose ; Now one in verse makes many more in prose.
Page 8 - Among great geniuses, those few draw the admiration of all the world upon them, and stand up as the prodigies of mankind, who, by the mere strength of natural parts, and without any assistance of art or learning, have produced works that were the delight of their own times, and the wonder of posterity.
Page 33 - A thinking being, — that is, a being doubting, knowing, affirming, denying, consenting, refusing, susceptible of pleasure and of pain.* Of all these things I might have had complete experience, without any previous acquaintance with the qualities and laws of matter ; and therefore it is impossible that the study of matter can avail me aught in the study of myself.
Page 47 - Emerged, he sat, and mourn'd his Argives slain. At Jove incensed, with grief and fury stung, Prone down the rocky steep he rush'd along ; Fierce as he pass'd, the lofty mountains nod, The forest shakes ; earth trembled as he trod, 30 And felt the footsteps of the immortal god.
Page 10 - Atqui sic a summis hominibus eruditissimisque accepimus, ceterarum rerum studia et doctrina et praeceptis et arte constare, poe'tam natura ipsa valere et mentis viribus excitari et quasi divino quodam spiritu inflari.
Page 31 - The Sphinx, the famous monster born of Chimaera, and having the head of a woman, the wings of a bird, the body of a dog, and the paws of a lion ; and whose riddle, " What animal walks on four legs in the morning, on two at noon, and on three at night ? " so puzzled the Thebans, that King Creon offered his crown and his daughter Jocasta to any one who should solve it, and so free the land of the uncomfortable...