We shall be forced to attempt planned and directed research employing hundreds of workers for many years, and this cannot be done without risking the loss of independence and originality. This is a serious and fundamental obstacle but it may be overcome in two ways.
The writer of originality, unless dead, is always shocking, scandalous; novelty disturbs and repels.
Nearly all our originality comes from the stamp that time impresses upon our sensibility.
Originality is the essence of true scholarship. Creativity is the soul of the true scholar.
Some writers confuse authenticity, which they ought always to aim at, with originality, which they should never bother about.
Millions of men have lived to fight, build palaces and boundaries, shape destinies and societies; but the compelling force of all times has been the force of originality and creation profoundly affecting the roots of human spirit.