The general history of art and literature shows that the highest achievements of the human mind are, as a rule, not favourably received at first.[Lehren Kunst- und Literaturgeschichte durchgängig, daß die höchsten Leistungen des menschlichen Geistes in der Regel mit Ungunst aufgenommen worden.]
Source:(M. W. Dunne, ed. 1901), Chapter IV. Position, or a Man's Place in the Estimation of Others, Section 5. Fame, Page 89
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