Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 632
t to be spoken ofhere, I think, and that is that the mind of what we call the geniusworks best in an atmosphere of modesty.This statement may seem unwarranted whenwe recall that so many great men have beenfar from modest. A certain eminent Frenchauthor, for example—one of the greatest menin the… … THE ARAB FALCONER—FROM A PAINTING BY FROMENTIN Like all other men, the genius does his best inproportion as he is absorbed in what he isdoing—forgetful of self; the more his workapproaches the conditions of the subcon-scious, in other words. Shakespeare, says Carlyle, takes noairs for writing…
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