You see how wide the gulf that separates me from the Christian church.
The use of criticism, in periodical writing, is to sift, not to stamp a work.
I find no intellect comparable to my own
Some degree of expression is necessary for growth, but it should be little in proportion to the full life.
Genius will live and thrive without training, but it does not the less reward the watering pot and the pruning knife.
I stand in the sunny noon of life. Objects no longer glitter in the dews of morning, neither are yet softened by the shadows of evening.