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There are two kinds of genius. The first and highest may be said to speak out of the eternal into the present, and must compel its age to understand it; the second understands its age, and tells it what it wishes to be told.
There are two kinds of genius. The first and highest may be said to speak out of the eternal into the present, and must compel its age to understand it; the second understands its age, and tells it what it wishes to be told.
Approximate author period: c. 1855 AD · industrial
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- James Russell Lowell
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- Approximate author period: c. 1855 AD · industrial
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- Dictionary of Quotations (1893) (1893 AD)
Printed citation: Lowell. · page_468
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