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The Selective Instinct Of The Artist Tells Him When His Language Should Be Homely, And When It Should Be More Elevated; And It Is Precisely In The Imperceptible Blending Of The Plain With The Ornate That A Great Writer Is Distinguished. He Uses The Simplest Phrases Without Triviality, And The Grandest Without A Suggestion Of Grandiloquence.

Character Is Built Out Of Circumstances. From Exactly The Same Materials, One Man Builds Palaces, While Another Builds Hovels.

In All Sincere Speech There Is Power, Not Necessarily Great Power, But As Much As The Speaker Is Capable Of.

Originality Is Independence, Not Rebellion; It Is Sincerity, Not Antagonism.

The Real People Of Genius Were Resolute Workers Not Idle Dreamers.