May 1st– “Of Persons One Would Wish To Have Seen” by William Hazzlit (1826)

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 May 1st– “Of Persons One Would Wish To Have Seen” by William Hazzlit (1826)

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Commentary: I just want to start with this phrase from the introduction: "but gradually convinced himself that he could not excel in this art." 

I don't know exactly what to make of this. Did he suck at painting/not enjoy it? Did he like it but have depression? Did he get bullied? It's an odd and kind of sad phrasing. Generally, you should probably avoid convincing yourself not to excel at things. Although it's also good to accept that you probably won't be good at everything, and it's not worth torturing yourself over forcing yourself to try to get good at something you're not enjoying/finding worthwhile.

This starts with a massive quote that doesn't really have a lot of context. Weird spot to start. Really, this whole thing is just kind of a classics smorgasbord/circlejerk. That's cool if you're into it, I guess.