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" Also, in every advancement of the world hitherto, the individual has led the masses. Thus, to elicit individuality has been the object of the best political institutions and governments. Now, in these new theories, the individual is ground down into the multitude, and society must be ‘moving all together if it moves at all’ — restricting the very possibility of progress by the use of the lights of genius. Genius is always individual. "

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Elizabeth Barrett Browning quote : Also, in every advancement of the world hitherto, the individual has led the masses. Thus, to elicit individuality has been the object of the best political institutions and governments. Now, in these new theories, the individual is ground down into the multitude, and society must be ‘moving all together if it moves at all’ — restricting the very possibility of progress by the use of the lights of genius. Genius is always individual.