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Essays, Entitled Critical, Are Epistles Addressed To The Public, Through Which The Mind Of The Recluse Relieves Itself Of Its Impressions.

Next To Invention Is The Power Of Interpreting Invention; Next To Beauty The Power Of Appreciating Beauty.

The Mind Is Not, I Know, A Highway, But A Temple, And Its Doors Should Not Be Carelessly Left Open.

Harmony Exists No Less In Difference Than In Likeness, If Only The Same Key-note Govern Both Parts.

It Is So True That A Woman May Be In Love With A Woman, And A Man With A Man. It Is Pleasant To Be Sure Of It, Because It Is Undoubtedly The Same Love That We Shall Feel When We Are Angels.