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The bitterest tragic element in life to be derived from an intellectual source is the belief in a brute Fate or Destiny.
The Natural History of Intellect, and Other Papers (1893)
The novelist should not make any character act absurdly, but only absurdly as seen by others. For it is so in life.
The Natural History of Intellect, and Other Papers (1893)
What strength belongs to every plant and animal in nature. The tree or the brook has no duplicity, no pretentiousness, no show. It is, with all its might and main, what it is, and makes one and the same impression and effect at all times.
The Natural History of Intellect, and Other Papers (1893)
Characters and talents are complemental and suppletory. The world stands by balanced antagonisms.
The Natural History of Intellect, and Other Papers (1893)
The poor, short lone fact dies at birth. Memory catches it up into her heaven and bathes it in immortal waters.
The Natural History of Intellect, and Other Papers (1893)
Every man is a new method.
The Natural History of Intellect, and Other Papers (1893)