At bottom every man knows well enough that he is a unique being, only once on this earth; and by no extraordinary chance will such a marvelously picturesque piece of diversity in unity as he is, ever be put together a second time.

Is the acorn better than the oak which is its fullness and completion?

I may not be better than other people, but at least I'm different.

This is what the painter, the poet, the speculative philosopher, and the natural scientists do, each in his own fashion.