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"The
true genius is a mind of large general powers, accidentally
determined to some particular direction."
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Samuel
Johnson
Lives of the
Poets: Cowley
1779-81
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| M |
| "The
concept of genius as akin to madness has been carefully fostered
by the inferiority complex of the public." |
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Ezra
Pound
The
ABC of Reading
1934
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| M |
| "When
a true genius appears in the world, you may know him by this
sign, that the dunces are all in confederacy against him. "
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Jonathan
Swift
Thoughts on Various Subjects
1711
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