Autobiography is open to the charge of egoism; somewhat unjustly since, in writing of oneself, the personal note must predominate and, in the case of a genius--sure of his goal and of his power to reach it--faith in himself amounts to what, in a smaller man, would be mere conceit. This must be condoned and discounted for the sake of the priceless gift of insight into a personality of exceptional interest.…
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