A man of genius is privileged only as far as he is genius. His dullness is as insupportable as any other dullness.


Journals of Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1820-1872 [1876] Ed (ed. 1911)


A man of genius is privileged only as far as he is genius. His dullness is as insupportable as any other dullness.

A man of genius is privileged only as far as he is genius. His dullness is as insupportable as any other dullness.

A man of genius is privileged only as far as he is genius. His dullness is as insupportable as any other dullness.

A man of genius is privileged only as far as he is genius. His dullness is as insupportable as any other dullness.