Sparrow, Walter Shaw, 1862-, Brangwyn, Frank, Sir, 1867-1956. illus · London, John Lane; New York, John Lane Company · leaf 90
othergeniuses come out of the dark and find in new mother-ideas a compulsive force that works a new liberation. This, indeed, is the only encouragement that I am ableto perceive when I watch in history the periodical strifebetween inveterate conventions and the mother-ideas ofgenius. In the case of… … oo H O THE STUDY OF BRIDGES AND ROADS 57 by his tools, the ordinary men of his tribe; then othertribes got wind of the discovery and began to make similarbridges, until at last several conventions were formed, andthey became widespread and stereotyped. When a con-vention was very simple and also…
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