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The Selection Of A Subject Is To The Author What Choice Of Position Is To The General,--once Skilfully Determined, The Battle Is Already Half Won. Of A Few Writers It May Be Said That They Are Popular In Despite Of Their Subjects--but Of A Great Many More It May Be Observed That They Are Popular Because Of Them.

Partial Culture Runs To The Ornate, Extreme Culture To Simplicity.

Care, Admitted As Guest, Quickly Turns To Be Master.

The Method Of The Critic Is To Balance Praises With Censure, And Thus To Do Justice To The Subject And--his Own Discrimination.

Dreamers Are Half-way Men Of Thought, And Men Of Thought Are Half-way Men Of Action.