"If we wish to know the force of human genius we should rea… - William Hazlitt

"If we wish to know the force of human genius we should read Shakespeare. If we wish to see the insignificance of human learning we may only study his commentators. ["On the Ignorance of the Learned"]"

William Hazlitt

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William Hazlitt (10 April 1778 – 18 September 1830) was an English writer remembered for his humanistic essays and literary criticism. He is sometimes esteemed the greatest English literary critic after Samuel Johnson.

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Alternative Names: Wm. Haslett • William Carew Hazlitt

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