All Great Authors Are Seers.

Literature Is At Once The Cause And The Effect Of Social Progress.

In Urging All Writers To Be Steadfast In Reliance On The Ultimate Victory Of Excellence, We Should No Less Strenuously Urge Upon Them To Beware Of The Intemperate Arrogance Which Attributes Failure To A Degraded Condition Of The Public Mind. The Instinct Which Leads The World To Worship Success Is Not Dangerous. The Book Which Succeeds Accomplishes Its Aim. The Book Which Fails May Have Many Excellencies, But They Must Have Been Misdirected.

It Is Unhappily True That Much Insincere Literature And Art, Executed Solely With A View To Effect, Does Succeed By Deceiving The Public.

The Intensity Of Vision In The Artist And Of Vividness In His Creations Are The Sole Tests Of His Imaginative Power.

A Man Must Be Himself Convinced If He Is To Convince Others. The Prophet Must Be His Own Disciple, Or He Will Make None. Enthusiasm Is Contagious: Belief Creates Belief.