Every man supposes himself not to be fully understood; and if there is any truth in him, if he rests at last on the divine soul, I... see not how it could be otherwise. The last chamber, the last closet, he must feel was never opened; there is always a residuum unknown, unanalyzable. That is, every man believes that he has greater possibility.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
It has no share in the leadership of thought: it does not even reflect its current. It does not create beauty: it apes fashion. It... does not produce personal skill: our actors and actresses, with the exception of a few persons with natural gifts and graces, mostly miscultivated or half-cultivated, are simply the middle-class section of the residuum.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »