 It has become a common saying, that men of genius are always in advance of their age; which is true. There is something equally true, yet not so common; namely, that, of these men of genius, the best and bravest are in advance not only of their own age,...  American Monthly Knickerbocker - Page 2731839Full view - About this book
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - Country life - 1839 - 234 pages
...is destiny. It has become a common saying, that men of genius are always in advance of their age ; which is true. There is something equally true, yet...world, or any considerable portion of it shall have come up abreast with these great minds, so as fully to comprehend them. And oh ! how majestically they... | |
 | 1839 - 568 pages
...sentences : " It has become a common saying, that men of genius arc always in advance of their age ; which is true. There is something equally true, yet...prosepoet says, ' every possible future is behind them.' " In no inapt sense may we apply this to Matthew Carey. His penetration and sagacity seemed to keep... | |
 | Commerce - 1839 - 566 pages
...sentences: " It has become a common saying, that men of genius are always in advance of their age ; which is true. There is something equally true, yet...prosepoet says, ' every possible future is behind them.' " In no inapt sense may we apply this to Matthew Carey. His penetration and sagacity seemed to keep... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - American fiction - 1840 - 588 pages
...this passage. "It has become a common saying, that men of genius are always in advance of their age ; which is true. There is something equally true, yet...own age, but of every age. As the German prose-poet vOL. L. — NO. 106. 20 154 Hyperion. [Jan. says, every possible future is behind them. We cannot suppose,... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - American fiction - 1840 - 584 pages
...this passage. "It has become a common saying, that men of genius are always in advance of their age ; which is true. There is something equally true, yet...own age, but of every age. As the German prose-poet VOL. L. — NO. 106. 20 says, every possible future is behind them. We cannot suppose, that a period... | |
 | 1840 - 210 pages
...true, yet not so eommon — namely, that, of those men of genius, the best and bravest are in advanee, not only of their own age, but of every age. As the...prose-poet says, ' every possible future is behind them.' " In no inapt sense may we apply this to Mathew Carey. His penetration and sagaeity seemed to keep... | |
 | John Frost - Diligence - 1844 - 282 pages
...sentences : " Jt has become a common saying, that men of genius are always in advance of their age; which is true. There is something equally true, yet...prose-poet says, ' every possible future is behind them.' " In no inapt sense may we apply this to Matthew Carey. His penetration and sagacity seemed to keep... | |
 | American literature - 1846 - 308 pages
...it is destiny. It has become a common saying, that men of genius are always in advance of their age; which is true. There is 'something equally true, yet...prosepoet says, every possible future is behind them. Vfe cannot suppose, that a period of time will ever come, when the world, or any considerable portion... | |
 | American literature - 1846 - 302 pages
...it is destiny. It has become a common saying, that men of genius are always in advance of their age; which is true. There is something equally true, yet...bravest are in advance not only of their own age, hut of every age. As the German prosepoet says, every possible future is behind them. We cannot suppose,... | |
 | John Frost - Merchants - 1846 - 572 pages
...sentences : " It has become a common saying, that men of genius are always in advance of their age; which is true. There is something equally true, yet...genius, the best and bravest are in advance, not only of the!;- own age, but of every age. As the German prose-poet says, ' every possible future is behind... | |
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