In All Sincere Speech There Is Power,

When A Man Fails To See The Truth Of Certain Generally Accepted Views, There Is No Law Compelling Him To Provoke Animosity By Announcing His Dissent.

Most Expositions Of Aristotle's Doctrines, When They Have Not Been Dictated By A Spirit Of Virulent Detraction, Or Unsympathetic Indifference, Have Carefully Suppressed All, Or Nearly All, The Absurdities, And Only Retained What Seemed Plausible And Consistent. But In This Procedure Their Historical Significance Disappears.

Many A Genius Has Been Slow Of Growth. Oaks That Flourish For A Thousand Years Do Not Spring Up Into Beauty Like A Reed.

The Artist Is Called A Creator.

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