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"Miscellaneous Observations on Genius, Taste, Good Sense, &c. [from Essays on Various Subjects]"
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Date: 1777
"As it is the character of Genius to penetrate with a lynx's beam into unfathomable abysses and uncreated worlds, and to see what is not, so it is the property of good sense to distinguish perfectly, and judge accurately what really is."
preview | full record— More, Hannah (1745-1833)