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It could happen that such a being is the victim of prejudice and the law, but there are two kinds of laws, those which are based on equity, which are universally true, and others which are peculiar and derive their authority only from blindness or from the needs of certain circumstances. IT COULD HAPPEN THAT SUCH A BEING IS THE VICTIM OF PREJUDICE AND THE LAW BUT THERE ARE TWO KINDS OF LAWS THOSE WHICH ARE BASED ON EQUITY WHICH ARE UNIVERSALLY TRUE AND OTHERS WHICH ARE PECULIAR AND DERIVE THEIR AUTHORITY ONLY FROM BLINDNESS OR FROM THE NEEDS OF CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES
hen you were desperate to be anything but an ordinary person. You'll never be happy if the arguments for and against affect you equally. You have to pick a side and stick to it. I quite agree with you that men of genius are usually odd or, as the proverb states, that there are no great minds without a grain of folly. One can't deny the fact. But we despise the ages which have not produced men of genius, and men will honour those nations among whom genius has lived. Sooner or later, we raise statutes to them and consider them benefactors of the human race. I don't mean to disparage the sublime minister you mentioned to me, but I think that if a lie can be useful momentarily, it is necessarily harmful in the long run, and by contrast, the truth is useful over time, even though it could be harmful at a particular moment. From that I'm temped to conclude that the man of genius who speaks out against a common error or who establishes a great truth is always a being worthy of our veneration. VE SEEN THE TIME WHEN YOU WERE DESPERATE TO BE ANYTHING BUT AN ORDINARY PERSON YOU CAN NEVER BE HAPPY IF THE ARGUMENTS FOR AND AGAINST AFFECT YOU EQUALLY YOU HAVE TO PICK IT BESIDE AND STICK TO IT I QUITE AGREE WITH YOU THAT MEN OF GENIUS ARE USUALLY ODD OR AS THE PROVERB STATES THAT THERE ARE NO GREAT MINDS WITHOUT A GRAIN OF FOLLY ONE CAN'T DENY THE FACT BUT WE DESPISE THE AGES WHICH HAVE NOT PRODUCED MEN OF GENIUS AND MEN WILL HONOUR THOSE NATIONS AMONG WHOM GENIUS HAS LIVED SOONER OR LATER WE RAISE STATUES TO THEM AND CONSIDER THEM BENEFACTORS OF THE HUMAN RACE I DON'T MEAN TO DISPARAGE THE SUBLIME MINISTER YOU MENTION TO ME BUT I THINK THAT IF A LIE CAN BE USEFUL MOMENTARILY IT'S NECESSARILY HARMFUL IN THE LONG RUN AND BY CONTRAST THE TRUTH IS USEFUL OVERTIME EVEN THOUGH IT COULD BE HARMFUL AT A PARTICULAR MOMENT FROM THAT I'M TEMPTED TO CONCLUDE THAT THE MAN OF GENIUS WHO SPEAKS OUT AGAINST A COMMON ERROR OR WHO ESTABLISHES A GREAT TRUTH IS ALWAYS A BEING WORTHY OF OUR VENERATION
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