Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, 1836-1907 · Boston, CT : Hall and Locke · leaf 397
adds the needful length of sight and of arm,to come at the desired point. The greatest genius isthe most indebted man. A poet is no rattlebrain, saying what comes upper-most, and, because he says everything, saying, at last,something good; but a heart in unison with his timeand country. There is… … William Shakespeare 363 The Genius of our life is jealous of individuals, andwill not have any individual great, except through thegeneral. There is no choice to genius. A great mandoes not wake up on some fine morning, and say, Iam full of life, I will go to sea, and find an Antarcticcontinent:…
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