What a singular destiny has been that of this remarkable man!-To be regarded in his own age as a classic, and in ours as a companion! To receive from his contemporaries that full homage which men of genius have in general received only from posterity; to be more intimately known to posterity than other men are known to their contemporaries!
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That wonderful book, while it obtains admiration from the most fastidious critics, is loved by those who are too simple to admire it.
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