Van Wyck Brooks Quote

It is not that the French are not profound, but they all express themselves so well that we are led to take their geese for swans.


Opinions of Oliver Allston (ed. New York, Dutton, 1941)


It is not that the French are not profound, but they all express themselves so well that we are led to take their geese for swans.

It is not that the French are not profound, but they all express themselves so well that we are led to take their geese for swans.

It is not that the French are not profound, but they all express themselves so well that we are led to take their geese for swans.

It is not that the French are not profound, but they all express themselves so well that we are led to take their geese for swans.