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... mind during the ten years that , in the intervals allowed me by other engagements , I have written for the public . To those of my friends , who have often expressed a wish that I " could find time to write , " it will be a satisfaction ...
... mind during the ten years that , in the intervals allowed me by other engagements , I have written for the public . To those of my friends , who have often expressed a wish that I " could find time to write , " it will be a satisfaction ...
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... mind of his race . The critic is beneath the maker , but is his needed friend . What tongue could speak but to an intelligent ear , and every noble work demands its critic . The richer the work , the more severe should be its critic ...
... mind of his race . The critic is beneath the maker , but is his needed friend . What tongue could speak but to an intelligent ear , and every noble work demands its critic . The richer the work , the more severe should be its critic ...
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... mind as the other . We do not seek to degrade but to classify an object by stating what it is not . We detach the part from the whole , lest it stand between us and the whole . When we have ascertained in what degree it manifests the ...
... mind as the other . We do not seek to degrade but to classify an object by stating what it is not . We detach the part from the whole , lest it stand between us and the whole . When we have ascertained in what degree it manifests the ...
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... mind bids me demand perfection from all I see . To say how far each object answers this demand is my criticism . POET . If one object does not satisfy you , pass on to another and say nothing . CRITIC . It is not so that it would be ...
... mind bids me demand perfection from all I see . To say how far each object answers this demand is my criticism . POET . If one object does not satisfy you , pass on to another and say nothing . CRITIC . It is not so that it would be ...
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... minds of the two Herberts , under a form less elaborate and more reverent than that of criticism . A mind of penetrating and creative power could not find a better subject for a masterly picture . The two figures stand as ...
... minds of the two Herberts , under a form less elaborate and more reverent than that of criticism . A mind of penetrating and creative power could not find a better subject for a masterly picture . The two figures stand as ...
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