vanishing mediator

is the notion that the great man is not a begetter, but a midwife of the future; what they bring forth is mothered by the Zeitgeist, the Spirit of the Age.

Great men are not so much begetters, as midwives, of the future; what they bring forth is mothered by the Zeitgeist, the Spirit of the Age.

is the notion of a genius not as something singular and unprescendent, but merely as someone who places another stone on the pile, as others have done; but somehow his has the good fortune to come last, and when he places his stone the arch stands self-supported.

The genius merely places another stone on the pile, as others have done; "somehow his has the good fortune to come last, and when he places his stone the arch stands self-supported,"

is the idea that it the nation and the race dwelling all round the globe that has the lion's heart, and the great man merely has the luck to be called upon to give the roar.

I have never accepted what many people have kindly said-namely, that I inspired the nation .... It was the nation and the race dwelling all round the globe , that had the lion's heart. I had the luck to be called upon to give the roar.

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vanishing mediator