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The art of a great writer is seen in the perfect fitness of his expressions. He knows how to blend vividness with vagueness, knows where images are needed, and where by their vivacity they would be obstacles to the rapid appreciation of his thought.

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The pen, in our age, weighs heavier in the social scale than the sword of a Norman Baron.

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George Henry Lewes

George Henry Lewes
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Born: April 18, 1817
Died: November 30, 1878 (aged 61)
Bio: George Henry Lewes was an English philosopher and critic of literature and theatre. He became part of the mid-Victorian ferment of ideas which encouraged discussion of Darwinism, positivism, and religious scepticism.
Known for:
  1. Problems of life and mind (1873)
  2. The physiology of common life (1859)
  3. The principles of success in literature
  4. The Life of Goethe
  5. Ranthorpe (1847)
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