6/15 'He thinks the profession of literature a delusion, and doubts the wisdom of having poets for clerks.' 'John-Bullish!' Diana exclaimed. 'He speaks contemptuously of the poor boy.' 'Only inasmuch as the foolishness of the young man in throwing up the Law provokes his practical mind to speak.' 'He might take my word for the "young man's" ability. I want him to have the means of living, that he may write. He has genius.' 'He may have it. |