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Genius is rarely able to give any account of its own processes.

Genius is rarely able to give any account of its own processes.

George Henry Lewes
Science, Giving, Genius
George Henry Lewes (1891). “The Principles of Success in Literature”

I have always considered The Merry Wives one of the worst plays, if not altogether the worst, that Shakespeare has left us. The wit for the most part is dreary or foolish; the tone is coarse and farcical; and the characters want the fine distinctive touches he so well knew how to give. If some luckless wight had written such a comedy in our time, I should like to see what the critics would say to it?

George Henry Lewes
Character, Play, Giving
John Forster, George Henry Lewes (1896). “Dramatic Essays”

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