ABSTRACT
IN conversation about the ordinary affairs of life, and more especially in discussions on formal topics, whether of politics, ethics, or art in any form, you will remark that educated people may readily be divided into two main classes: the one very practical, who demand proof before they accept a conclusion and rely only on facts, evidently regarding a so-called fact as a final truth; the other class who live in a different plane of thought altogether, who assert that the effect will be so-and-so, who see the end to be attained and seem to be little concerned with the process by which it is reached, and much devoted to ideals. Among the former will be found the plodding, steady people who achieve financial success, or at least stability; among the latter the brilliant, artistic, creative and the spiritual. The genius is of the latter class.
