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Originality is independence, not rebellion it is sincerity, not antagonism.

George Henry Lewes

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George Henry Lewes
Age: 61 †
Born: 1817
Born: April 18
Died: 1878
Died: November 30
Journalist
Literary Critic
Philosopher
Theatre Critic
Writer
London
England
Antagonism
Uprising
Originality
Rebellion
Sincerity
Independence

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No deeply rooted tendency was ever extirpated by adverse judgment. Not having originally been founded on argument, it cannot be destroyed by logic.
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The separation of Science from Knowledge was effected step by step as the Subjective Method was replaced by the Objective Method: i.e., when in each inquiry the phenomena of external nature ceased to be interpreted on premisses suggested by the analogies of human nature.
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The art of writing is not, as many seem to imagine, the art of bringing fine phrases into rhythmical order, but the art of placing before the reader intelligible symbols of the thoughts and feelings in the writer's mind.
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The real people of genius were resolute workers not idle dreamers.
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Books minister to our knowledge, to our guidance, and to our delight, by their truth, their uprightness, and their art.
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In all sincere speech there is power, not necessarily great power, but as much as the speaker is capable of.
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The air is crowded with birds -- beautiful, tender, intelligent birds -- to whom life is a song.
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Character is built out of circumstances. From exactly the same materials, one man builds palaces, while another builds hovels.
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Many a genius has been slow of growth. Oaks that flourish for a thousand years do not spring up into beauty like a reed.
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Ideas are forces our acceptance of one determines our reception of others.
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Remember that every drop of rain that falls bears into the bosom of the earth a quality of beautiful fertility.
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It is unhappily true that much insincere Literature and Art, executed solely with a view to effect, does succeed by deceiving the public.
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Murder, like talent, seems occasionally to run in families.
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There are occasions when the simplest and fewest words surpass in effect all the wealth of rhetorical amplification.
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