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Alexander Smith

Biography

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On dreams and dreaming

If a man wishes to know his own secret opinion of himself, he had better take cognizance of his dreams.

An essay on an old subject

Youth is a lyrical poet, middle age a quiet essayist, fond of recounting experiences and of appending a moral to every incident.

Essayists, old and new

A man’s power in literature, as in everything else, is best measured by his accomplishment, just as his stature is best measured by his coffin.