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avepic=2Eorg/4455719=2Epng=22 height=3D=2248=22 width=3D=22642=22 border=3D=
=220=22 alt=3D=22Let us start fair by frankly admitting that the genius, li=
ke the poet, is born and not made=2E If you wish to apply the recipe for pr=
oducing him, it is unfortunately necessary to set out by selecting beforeha=
nd his grandfathers and grandmothers, to the third and fourth generation of=
those that precede him=2E Nevertheless, there =5Fis=5F a recipe for the pr=
oduction of genius, and every actual concrete genius who ever yet adorned o=
r disgraced this oblate spheroid of ours has been produced, I believe, in s=
trict accordance with its unwritten rules and unknown regulations=2E In oth=
er words, geniuses don't crop up irregularly anywhere, 'quite promiscuous l=
ike'=3B they have their fixed laws and their adequate causes: they are the =
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ance: they are, in short, a natural product, not a =5Flusus naturae=5F=2E=
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g/4442407=2Ejpg=22 height=3D=22251=22 width=3D=22889=22 border=3D=220=22 al=
t=3D=22You get them only under sundry relatively definite and settled condi=
tions=3B and though it isn't (unfortunately) quite true that the conditions=
will always infallibly bring forth the genius, it is quite true that the g=
enius can never be brought forth at all without the conditions=2E Do men ga=
ther grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles? No more can you get a poet from=
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inent alderman, or make a philosopher out of a country grocer's eldest son =
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=22 border=3D=220=22 alt=3D=22You get them only under sundry relatively def=
inite and settled conditions=3B and though it isn't (unfortunately) quite t=
rue that the conditions will always infallibly bring forth the genius, it i=
s quite true that the genius 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 family of stockbrokers who have intermarried with=
the daughters of an eminent alderman, or make a philosopher out of a count=
ry grocer's eldest son whose amiable mother had no soul above the half-poun=
ds of tea and sugar=2E =22 /></a></td></tr><tr><td colspan=3D=222=22><br /=
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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 =26=2313=3B
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