ABSTRACT
Genius or originality is some strong quality in the mind, answering to and bringing out some new and striking quality in nature. Imagination is the power of carrying on a given feeling into other situations, which must be done best according to the hold which the feeling itself has taken of the mind. It is rarely that a man even of lofty genius will be able to do more than carry on his own feelings and character, or some prominent and ruling passion, into fictitious and uncommon situations. It is not acuteness of organs or extent of capacity that constitutes rare genius or produces the most exquisite models of art, but an intense sympathy with someone beauty or distinguishing characteristic in nature. Good nature and common sense are required from all people: but one proud distinction is enough for any one individual to possess or to aspire to.
