A Prophet In His Own Country
… may arouse the deepest instincts of the people, and cause them to appeal to the only types of men who can save themthe Prophet and the Poet. America has no Poet, and may be counted exceedingly fortunate
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… may arouse the deepest instincts of the people, and cause them to appeal to the only types of men who can save themthe Prophet and the Poet. America has no Poet, and may be counted exceedingly fortunate
…, he is no longer to be trusted. The only man who can fulfil this condition is the prophet. (It must be remembered that the functions of poet and prophet were originally identical. The distinction between them is the artificial one of form. The states of mind are identical.) A true prophet lives only by virtue of his inner vision. He is responsible to what he calls God, and to nothing and nobody else. Such men are rare, as are all other types of genius. And it is the innate perception of this fact that causes the people to look for prophets alw…
…o not value Shakespeares histories for their political views; in fact, the portrait of Joan of Arc is a stain upon the character of the poet which no ages can efface. (But the English always blackguard gallant