Reformed Covenanter
Cancelled Commissioner
Talent is another flower which is often suddenly blasted. The poor paralytic looks upon you with a vacant eye; his mind, which was formerly busied with all that is engaging, and useful, and expanding, is now a blank.
Sir Isaac Newton, before his death, could not comprehend the meaning of one of his own axioms. The witty and accomplished Dean Swift died a lunatic. Humbling, yet true, is the saying, that much learning is often allied to madness. It is but a thin partition which frequently separates betwixt the workings of genius, and the eccentricities of an imbecile mind. ...
For the reference, see J. W. Taylor on the fleeting nature of talent.
Sir Isaac Newton, before his death, could not comprehend the meaning of one of his own axioms. The witty and accomplished Dean Swift died a lunatic. Humbling, yet true, is the saying, that much learning is often allied to madness. It is but a thin partition which frequently separates betwixt the workings of genius, and the eccentricities of an imbecile mind. ...
For the reference, see J. W. Taylor on the fleeting nature of talent.