it struck me what quality went to form a Man of Achievement, especiall…

John Keats
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it struck me what quality went to form a Man of Achievement, especially in Literature, and which Shakespeare possessed so enormously - I mean Negative Capability, that is, when a man is capable of being in uncertainties, mysteries, doubts, without any irritable reaching after fact and reason. ✨ Letter to George and Thomas Keats, 21 Dec. 1817
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