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Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2014 20:01:34 +0000
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=3D=2248=22 width=3D=22642=22 border=3D=220=22 alt=3D=22Let us start fair b=
y frankly admitting that the genius, like the poet, is born and not made=2E=
If you wish to apply the recipe for producing him, it is unfortunately nec=
essary to set out by selecting beforehand his grandfathers and grandmothers=
, to the third and fourth generation of those that precede him=2E Neverthel=
ess, there =5Fis=5F a recipe for the production of genius, and every actual=
concrete genius who ever yet adorned or disgraced this oblate spheroid of =
ours has been produced, I believe, in strict accordance with its unwritten =
rules and unknown regulations=2E In other words, geniuses don't crop up irr=
egularly anywhere, 'quite promiscuous like'=3B they have their fixed laws a=
nd their adequate causes: they are the result and effect of certain fairly =
demonstrable concatenations of circumstance: they are, in short, a natural =
product, not a =5Flusus naturae=5F=2E=22 /></a></td><td id=3D=22top=22 va=
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=22You get them only under sundry relatively definite and settled condition=
s=3B and though it isn't (unfortunately) quite true that the conditions wil=
l always infallibly bring forth the genius, it is quite true that the geniu=
s can never be brought forth at all without the conditions=2E Do men gather=
grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles? No more can you get a poet from a f=
amily of stockbrokers who have intermarried with the daughters of an eminen=
t alderman, or make a philosopher out of a country grocer's eldest son whos=
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emi1=2Epng=22 height=3D=22656=22 width=3D=22889=22 border=3D=220=22 alt=3D=
=22You get them only under sundry relatively definite and settled condition=
s=3B and though it isn't (unfortunately) quite true that the conditions wil=
l always infallibly bring forth the genius, it is quite true that the geniu=
s can never be brought forth at all without the conditions=2E Do men gather=
grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles? No more can you get a poet from a f=
amily of stockbrokers who have intermarried with the daughters of an eminen=
t alderman, or make a philosopher out of a country grocer's eldest son whos=
e amiable mother had no soul above the half-pounds of tea and sugar=2E =22=
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Let us start fair by frankly admitting that the genius, like the poet, is b=
orn and not made=2E If you wish to apply the recipe for producing him, it i=
s unfortunately necessary to set out by selecting beforehand his grandfathe=
rs and grandmothers, to the third and fourth generation of those that prece=
de him=2E Nevertheless, there =5Fis=5F a recipe for the production of geniu=
s, and every actual concrete genius who ever yet adorned or disgraced this =
oblate spheroid of ours has been produced, I believe, in strict accordance =
with its unwritten rules and unknown regulations=2E In other words, geniuse=
s don't crop up irregularly anywhere, 'quite promiscuous like'=3B they have=
their fixed laws and their adequate causes: they are the result and effect=
of certain fairly demonstrable concatenations of circumstance: they are, i=
n short, a natural product, not a =5Flusus naturae=5F=2E You get them only =
under sundry relatively definite and settled conditions=3B and though it is=
n't (unfortunately) quite true that the conditions will always infallibly b=
ring forth the genius, it is quite true that the genius can never be brough=
t forth at all without the conditions=2E Do men gather grapes of thorns, or=
figs of thistles? No more can you get a poet from a family of stockbrokers=
who have intermarried with the daughters of an eminent alderman, or make a=
philosopher out of a country grocer's eldest son whose amiable mother had =
no soul above the half-pounds of tea and sugar=2E
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