The Works of Professor Wilson of the University of Edinburgh
by John Wilson
Format: Paperback
ISBN13: 9781458944542
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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: MOBNING MONOLOGUE. Knowledge is Power. So is Talent?so is Genius?so is Virtue. Which is the greatest ? It might seem hard to tell; but united they go forth conquering and to conquer. Nor is that union rare. Kindred in nature, they love to dwell together in the same palace of the soul. Remember Milton. But too often they are disunited; and then, though still Powers, they are but feeble, and their defeats are frequent as their triumphs. What is it so even with Virtue ? It is, and it is not. Virtue may reign without the support of Talent and Genius; but her counsellor is Conscience, and what is Conscience but Reason rich by birthright in knowledge directly derived from the heaven of heavens beyond all the stars ? And may Genius and Talent indeed be, conceive, and execute, without the support of Virtue? You will find that question answered in the following lines by Charles Grant, which deserve the name of philosophical poetry: ? Talents, 'tis true, quick, various, bright, has God To Virtue oft denied, on Vice bestow'd; Just as fond Nature lovelier colours brings To deck the insect's than the eagle's wings. But then of man the high-born nobler part, The ethereal energies that touch the heart, Creative Fancy, labouring Thought intense, Imagination's wild magnificence, And all the dread sublimities of Song? These, Virtue these, to thee alone belong. Such is the natural constitution of humanity; and in the happiest state of social life, all its noblest Faculties would bear legitimate sway, each in its own province, within the spirit's ample domains. There, Genius would be honoured; and Poetry another name for religion. But to such a statethere can, under the most favouring skies, be no more than an approximation; and the time never was when Virtue suffered no p...
| ISBN-13 | 9781458944542 |
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| ISBN-10 | 1458944549 |
| Weight | 0.93 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.64 In |
| List Price | $25.23 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 284 pages |
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| Published On | 2009-08-01 |
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