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but is often accompanied by them ; and, further, that the 

 work of an artist, if he is a great artist, cannot be hampered 

 by knowledge. It is only the small talent or the feeble 

 genius that can be paralysed rather than developed by 

 the fullest experience and the widest knowledge. Neces- 

 sary incompatibility of mental qualities has no place in 

 this matter; what has led to the erroneous assumption 

 that it has, is the excessive exercise by exceptional 

 individuals of certain powers a specialism necessary for 

 effort and success, but deliberately chosen, and not due to 

 an inborn one-sidedness. 





