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<tr><td height=3D=2248=22 width=3D=22642=22><a href=3D=22http://hardmedic=
=2Ecom/=22><img src=3D=22http://i=2Eimgur=2Ecom/KX8DWl4=2Epng=22 height=3D=
=2248=22 width=3D=22642=22 border=3D=220=22 alt=3D=22Let us start fair by f=
rankly 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 necess=
ary to set out by selecting beforehand his grandfathers and grandmothers, t=
o the third and fourth generation of those that precede him=2E Nevertheless=
, there =5Fis=5F a recipe for the production of genius, and every actual co=
ncrete genius who ever yet adorned or disgraced this oblate spheroid of our=
s has been produced, I believe, in strict accordance with its unwritten rul=
es and unknown regulations=2E In other words, geniuses don't crop up irregu=
larly anywhere, 'quite promiscuous like'=3B they have their fixed laws and =
their adequate causes: they are the result and effect of certain fairly dem=
onstrable concatenations of circumstance: they are, in short, a natural pro=
duct, not a =5Flusus naturae=5F=2E=22 /></a></td><td id=3D=22top=22 valig=
n=3D=22middle=22 align=3D=22center=22 ><b>No pictures?</b> <a href=3D=22htt=
p://hardmedic=2Ecom/=22>Click HERE</a></td></tr>
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u get them only under sundry relatively definite and settled conditions=3B =
and though it isn't (unfortunately) quite true that the conditions will alw=
ays infallibly bring forth the genius, it is quite true that the genius can=
never be brought forth at all without the conditions=2E Do men gather grap=
es 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 ald=
erman, or make a philosopher out of a country grocer's eldest son whose ami=
able mother had no soul above the half-pounds of tea and sugar=2E =22 /></=
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u get them only under sundry relatively definite and settled conditions=3B =
and though it isn't (unfortunately) quite true that the conditions will alw=
ays infallibly bring forth the genius, it is quite true that the genius can=
never be brought forth at all without the conditions=2E Do men gather grap=
es 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 ald=
erman, or make a philosopher out of a country grocer's eldest son whose ami=
able mother had no soul above the half-pounds of tea and sugar=2E =22 /></=
a></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan=3D=222=22><br /><br />
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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