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Since when was genius found respectable?

Since when was genius found respectable?

Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Respect, Genius, Statistics
'Aurora Leigh' (1857) bk. 6, l. 275

The charm, one might say the genius, of memory is that it is choosy, chancy and temperamental.

Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Memories, Genius, Might

But since he had The genius to be loved, why let him have The justice to be honoured in his grave.

Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Love, Justice, Genius
Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Theodore Tilton (1862). “Poems by Elizabeth Barrett Browning: From the Last London Edition”, p.81

The denial of contemporary genius is the rule rather than the exception. No one counts the eagles in the nest, till there is a rush of wings; and lo! they are flown.

Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Eagles, Wings, Genius
Robert Browning, Elizabeth Barrett Browning (2009). “The Letters of Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Browning: 1845-1846”, p.40, The Floating Press

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