Joseph Priestley Quote

It sometimes happens to men whose genius far transcends the level of their day, to be from that very circumstance neither understood nor believed by their contemporaries.


Memoirs of Dr. Joseph Priestley (Volume 1), Appendix Number 1 (p. 225 fn)


It sometimes happens to men whose genius far transcends the level of their day, to be from that very circumstance neither understood nor believed by...

It sometimes happens to men whose genius far transcends the level of their day, to be from that very circumstance neither understood nor believed by...

It sometimes happens to men whose genius far transcends the level of their day, to be from that very circumstance neither understood nor believed by...

It sometimes happens to men whose genius far transcends the level of their day, to be from that very circumstance neither understood nor believed by...