Ralph Waldo Emerson: Genius borrows nobly. When Shakespeare is charged with debts to his authors, Landor replies: "Yet he was more original t

Genius borrows nobly. When Shakespeare is charged with debts to his authors, Lan — Ralph Waldo Emerson

Genius borrows nobly. When Shakespeare is charged with debts to his authors, Landor replies: "Yet he was more original than his originals. He breathed upon dead bodies and brought them into life."

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