Features alone do not run in the blood; vices and virtues, genius and folly, are transmitted through the same sure but unseen channel. - William Hazlitt

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Features alone do not run in the blood; vices and virtues, genius and folly, are transmitted through the same sure but unseen channel.

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About William Hazlitt

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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