If The Members Of A Class Do

Every One Who Has Seriously Investigated A Novel Question, Who Has Really Interrogated Nature With A View To A Distinct Answer, Will Bear Me Out In Saying That It Requires Intense And Sustained Effort Of Imagination.

As All Art Depends On Vision, So The Different Kinds Of Art Depend On The Different Ways In Which Minds Look At Things.

If I Advance New Views In Philosophy Or Theology, I Cannot Expect To Have Many Adherents Among Minds Altogether Unprepared For Such Views; Yet It Is Certain That Even Those Who Most Fiercely Oppose Me Will Recognize The Power Of My Voice If It Is Not A Mere Echo; And The Very Novelty Will Challenge Attention, And At Last Gain Adherents If My Views Have Any Real Insight.

Our Native Susceptibilities And Acquired Tastes Determine Which Of The Many Qualities In An Object Shall Most Impress Us, And Be Most Clearly Recalled. One Man Remembers The Combustible Properties Of A Substance, Which To Another Is Memorable For Its Polarising Property; To One Man A Stream Is So Much Water-power, To Another A Rendezvous For Lovers.

It Is Unhappily True That Much Insincere Literature And Art, Executed Solely With A View To Effect, Does Succeed By Deceiving The Public.