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"C" is dead. "B" has grown old, and is of less effect as an authority. "A" is himself in middle age, and is sure of his own taste and not prepared to take that of elders. He has already long expressed his admiration for the new poet, who is, indeed, not a "new poet" any longer, but, perhaps, already an established classic. C IS DEAD B HAS GROWN OLD AND IS OF LESS EFFECT AS AN AUTHORITY A IS HIMSELF IN MIDDLE AGE AND IS SURE OF HIS OWN TASTE AND NOT PREPARED TO TAKE THAT OF ELDERS HE HAS ALREADY LONG EXPRESSED HIS ADMIRATION FOR THE NEW POET WHO IS INDEED NOT A NEW POET ANY LONGER BUT PERHAPS ALREADY AN ESTABLISHED CLASSIC
ss which I think the most important of all. It is the factor of time in the process of human generations. It is an old tag that the paradox of one age is the commonplace of the next, and that tag is true. It is true, because young men are doubly formed. First, by the reality and freshness of their own experience, and next, by the authority of their elders. You see the thing in the reputation of poets. For instance, when A is 20, B 40, and C 60, a new poet appears, and is, perhaps, thought an eccentric. "A" cannot help recognizing the new note and admiring it, but he is a little ashamed of what may turn out to be an immature opinion, and he holds his tongue, "B" is too busy in middle life and already too hardened to feel the force of the new note and the authority he has over "A" renders "A" still more doubtful of his own judgment. "C" is frankly contemptuous of the new note. He has sunk into the groove of old age. Now let twenty years pass, and things will have changed in this fashion. HE FREE PRESS TOWARDS SUCCESS WHICH I THINK THE MOST IMPORTANT OF ALL IT IS THE FACTOR OF TIME IN THE PROCESS OF HUMAN GENERATIONS IT IS AN OLD TAG THAT THE PARADOX OF ONE AGE IS THE COMMONPLACE OF THE NEXT AND THAT TAG IS TRUE IT IS TRUE BECAUSE YOUNG MEN ARE DOUBLY FORMED FIRST BY THE REALITY AND FRESHNESS OF THEIR OWN EXPERIENCE AND NEXT BY THE AUTHORITY OF THEIR ELDERS YOU SEE THE THING IN THE REPUTATION OF POETS FOR INSTANCE WHEN A IS TWENTY B FORTY AND C SIXTY A NEW POET APPEARS AND IS PERHAPS THOUGHT AN ECCENTRIC A CANNOT HELP RECOGNIZING THE NEW NOTE AND ADMIRING IT BUT HE IS A LITTLE ASHAMED OF WHAT MAY TURN OUT TO BE AN IMMATURE OPINION AND HE HOLDS HIS TONGUE B IS TOO BUSY IN MIDDLE LIFE AND ALREADY TOO HARDENED TO FEEL THE FORCE OF THE NEW NOTE AND THE AUTHORITY HE HAS OVER A RENDERS A STILL MORE DOUBTFUL OF HIS OWN JUDGMENT C IS FRANKLY CONTEMPTUOUS OF THE NEW NOTE HE HAS SUNK INTO THE GROOVE OF OLD AGE NOW LET TWENTY YEARS PASS AND THINGS WILL HAVE CHANGED IN THIS FASHION
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