Quote by William Crashaw

When human power becomes so great and original that we can account for it only as a kind of divine imagination, we call it genius.

When human power becomes so great and original that we can a

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The quote suggests that when individuals display exceptionally great and creative abilities that are hard to explain solely through human means, we attribute their talents to something divine: genius. It implies that genius transcends conventional understanding and is viewed as a product of extraordinary imagination that surpasses ordinary human capabilities.

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