...with an approach to truth that has made the expression one of the oft-quoted passages from his works, "When a true genius appears in the world you may know him by this sign — that all the asses are in confederacy against him." Dr. Green had to struggle on in spite of opposition,...

...Like many another, Gould lived to learn the bitterness and truth of the saying of Dean Swift, "That when a true genius appears in the world you may know him by the sign that all the dunces in the world are in confederacy against him." It is, however, mainly of...

...wird, zur Handhabe: To travel by rail, water, steamer; to work by day (at night), by moonlight. — When a true genius appears in the world, you may know...that the dunces are all in confederacy against him. — Anne was the second daughter of King James, by his first wife. — To appear by deputy, by proxy....

...thoughts are taken up with the actions, persons, and events we read, and we little regard the authors. When a true genius appears in the world, you may know...that the dunces are all in confederacy against him. Men who possess all the advantages of life, are in a state where there are many accidents to disorder...

...like to know the name of the author before delivering their judgment as to the author of the book ! know him by this sign, that the dunces are all in confederacy against him." 1 If this be true it will follow that there is nothing for it but that the genius should boldly discover...

...own wings. Ibid. THE eagle never lost so much time as when he submitted to learn of the crow. Ibid. WHEN a true genius appears in the world, you may know...that the dunces are all in confederacy against him. Swift, III, 395. GENIUS is at first shy and taken up with itself. The new world of thought or enterprise...

...list presented by the musicians of the Institute to the full body, thus confirming Swift's dictum that "when a true genius appears in the world, you may...that the dunces are all in confederacy against him." Berlioz withdrew his name and Onslow was elected. Berlioz had meantime written an obituary review of...

...similar pattern although the epigraph to the novel supplies a clue or perhaps an ironic misdirection. "When a true genius appears in the world, you may...that the dunces are all in confederacy against him." (Jonathan Swift, "Thoughts on Various Subjects, Moral and Diverting.) The irony of this statement in...

...ISBN 0-8021-3020-8 (pbk.) Grove Press 841 Broadway New York, NY 10003 04 05 06 07 40 39 38 37 36 35 When a true genius appears in the world, you may know...that the dunces are all in confederacy against him. Jonathan Swift — "THOUGHTS ON VARIOUS SUBJECTS, MORAL AND DIVERTING" FOREWORD Perhaps the best way...

...Georg Christoph Lichtenberg There is no great gen us without a touch of madness. — Seneca the Younger When a true genius appears in the world, you may know...that the dunces are all in confederacy against him. — Jonathan Swift Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration. — Thomas...