Note † — Chapter III · THE QUALITIES OF THE ORDINARY, AS OPPOSED TO THE GREAT, MAN

Of course the great poet, like the great religious teacher, may have an effect on the thoughts and imaginations of his readers, and he may be a great man or an agent of progress in this way. But he is not, in the technical sense of the word, a great man in reference to his own art. He does not promote progress amongst other poets.