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...pretend to deny that there may be some foundation for Dryden's celebrated dictum — ' Great wit is sure to madness near allied, And thin partitions do their bounds divide ;' and we shall by and by have occasion to touch on that interesting subject ; here we are only observing...

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...not wonderful, that in beholding the general infatuation, he, too, should become beside himself. " Great wits are, sure, to madness near allied, And thin partitions do their bounds divide,'* Ratllbun— his fall. His own schemes of ambition were boundless, and, besides, he had the visionary...

...that in beholding the general infatuation, he, too, should become beside himself. " Great wits arc, sure, to madness near allied, And thin partitions do their bounds divide," Rathbun — his fall. His own schemes of ambition were boundless, and, besides, he had the visionary...

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...intellect are not only unimpaired, but frequently of the highest and brightest order. ' Great wit is sure to madness near allied, And thin partitions do their bounds divide.' So sang Dryden ; and a long list of illustrious eccentrics might be produced to support his theory....