Arthur Symons - Hardly any one is able to see what is before him, j

Hardly any one is able to see what is before him, just as it is in itself. He comes expecting one thing, he finds another thing, he sees through the veil of his preconception, he criticizes before he has apprehended, he condemns without allowing his instinct the chance of asserting itself.

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Symons, Arthur. The Romantic Movement in English Poetry. Archibald Constable & Co., 1909.

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