The Public Can Only Be Really Moved

Language, After All, Is Only The Use Of Symbols, And Art Also Can Only Affect Us Through Symbols.

All Bad Literature Rests Upon Imperfect Insight, Or Upon Imitation, Which May Be Defined As Seeing At Second-hand.

The History Of The Race Is But That Of The Individual "writ Large".

Science Is Not Addressed To Poets.

The Spontaneous Tendency To Invoke A Final Cause In Explanation Of Every Difficulty Is Characteristic Of Metaphysical Philosophy. It Arises From A General Tendency Towards The Impersonation Of Abstractions Which Is Visible Throughout History.