"Metaphysical ghosts cannot be killed, because they cannot……" — George Henry Lewes
"Metaphysical ghosts cannot be killed, because they cannot be touched; but they may be dispelled by dispelling the twilight in which shadows and solidities are easily confounded. The Vital Principle is an entity of this ghostly kind; and although the daylight has dissipated it, and positive Biology is no longer vexed with its visitations, it nevertheless reappears in another shape in the shadowy region of mystery which surrounds biological and all other questions."
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George Henry Lewes
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55 Quotes by George Henry Lewes
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Vehemence without feeling is but rant.
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No man ever made a great discovery without the exercise of the imagination.
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A cell is regarded as the true biological atom.
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The magic of the pen lies in the concentration of your thoughts upon one object.
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A man may be variously accomplished, and yet be a feeble poet.
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All bad Literature rests upon imperfect insight, or upon imitation, which may be defined as seeing at second-hand.
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Books minister to our knowledge, to our guidance, and to our delight, by their truth, their uprightness, and their art.
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Endeavour to be faithful, and if there is any beauty in your thought, your style will be beautiful; if there…
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Good writers are of necessity rare.
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Personal experience is the basis of all real literature.
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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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