German erudition of his time he held in little esteem. They go to work like galley slaves, was his charge. They do not write on a theme because inspired; but the theme comes first, and with assiduous and laborious study they hope to evolve something brilliant out of it.


describing the view of Stendhal, p. 84. - The Revival of Aristocracy (1906)


German erudition of his time he held in little esteem. They go to work like galley slaves, was his charge. They do not write on a theme because...

German erudition of his time he held in little esteem. They go to work like galley slaves, was his charge. They do not write on a theme because...

German erudition of his time he held in little esteem. They go to work like galley slaves, was his charge. They do not write on a theme because...

German erudition of his time he held in little esteem. They go to work like galley slaves, was his charge. They do not write on a theme because...