One Can Only Become A

Honor Is The Mysticism Of Legality

Reason Is Mechanical, Wit Chemical, And Genius Organic Spirit.

Without Poetry, Religion Becomes Obscure, False, And Malignant; Without Philosophy, Licentious In All Wantonness, And Lascivious To The Point Of Self-castration.

There Are Writers In Germany Who Drink The Absolute Like Water; And There Are Books In Which Even The Dogs Make References To The Infinite.

Poetry Can Be Criticized Only Through Poetry. A Critique Which Itself Is Not A Work Of Art, Either In Content As Representation Of The Necessary Impression In The Process Of Creation, Or Through Its Beautiful Form And In Its Liberal Tone In The Spirit Of The Old Roman Satire, Has No Right Of Citizenship In The Realm Of Art.