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Chapter 18

           Onemustconsiderinallworktwothings;first,theobjectforwhichitisundertaken,andsecondlythewayinwhichitisperformed.Allworkshouldhaveahighandunselfishintent—withoutthis,itperishesandisnotconsideredworkatall—notatleastbytheeternaljudgesinvisible.Ifitiswork,trulyandnoblydoneineverysenseoftheword,itcarrieswithititsownreward,andthelaurelsdescendfromheavenshapedreadyforwearing—noearthlypowercanbestowthem.Icannotgiveyouthatfame—butIhavesecuredyouaveryfairimitationofit."

           Iwasobligedtoacquiesce,thoughmoreorlessmorosely—whereatIsawthathewassomewhatamused.UnwillingtoincurhiscontemptIsaidnomoreconcerningthesubjectthatwasthenearesttomyheart,andworeoutmanysleeplesshoursatnightintryingtowriteanewbook—somethingnovelanddaring,suchasshouldforcethepublictocreditmewithalittleloftierstatusthanthatobtainedbythepossessionofahugebankingaccount.Butthecreativefacultyseemeddeadinme—Iwascrushedbyasenseofimpotenceandfailure;vagueideaswereinmybrainthatwouldnotlendthemselvestoexpressioninwords—andsuchadiseasedloveofhypercriticismcontrolledme,thatafteramiserablynervousanalysisofeverypageIwrote,Itoreitupassoonasitwaswritten,thusreducingmyselftoastateofmindthatwasalmostunbearable.

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