Original text - English - READ the other day some verses written by an...

READ the other day some verses written by an eminent painter which were original and not conventional. Always the soul hears an admonition
in such lines, let the subject be what it may. The sentiment they instill is of more value than any thought they may contain. To believe your own thought, to believe that what is true for you in your private heart, is true for all men, that is genius.