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George Henry Lewes has 55 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

• Vehemence without feeling is but rant.
• No man ever made a great discovery without the exercise of the imagination.
• A cell is regarded as the true biological atom.
• Metaphysical ghosts cannot be killed, because they cannot be touched; but they may be dispelled by dispelling the twilight in which shadows…
• The magic of the pen lies in the concentration of your thoughts upon one object.
• A man may be variously accomplished, and yet be a feeble poet.
• All bad Literature rests upon imperfect insight, or upon imitation, which may be defined as seeing at second-hand.
• Books minister to our knowledge, to our guidance, and to our delight, by their truth, their uprightness, and their art.
• Endeavour to be faithful, and if there is any beauty in your thought, your style will be beautiful; if there is any…
• Good writers are of necessity rare.
• Personal experience is the basis of all real literature.
• The delusions of self-love cannot be prevented, but intellectual misconceptions as to the means of achieving success may be corrected.

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