...fine passage. Johnson : Yes, sir ; there was another fine passage, too, which he struck ont : ' When I was a young man, being anxious to distinguish myself,...for I found that generally what was new was false.' " This expunging and striking out must have been after the first publication ; for it is a wellknown...

...from the whole of nature ; it bears the name of Goethe." " When I was a young man," says Goldsmith, " being anxious to distinguish myself, I was perpetually starting new propositions; but I goon gave this over, for I found that generally what was new was false. Strictly speaking, we may be...