“Enduring fame is ever posthumous. The orbs of virtue and genius seldom culminate during their terrestrial periods.”

— Amos Bronson Alcott

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Context: Enduring fame is ever posthumous. The orbs of virtue and genius seldom culminate during their terrestrial periods. Slow is the growth of great names, slow the procession of excellence into arts, institutions, life. Ages alone reflect their fulness of lustre. The great not only unseal, but create the organs by which they are to be seen. Neither Socrates nor Jesus is yet visible to the world.

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