But the representation of the complex is plainly the more limited in range of influence, and appeals to a special class of minds rather than to mankind at large.

There are some, indeed, who think that the appeal to the few, to thinkers alone or high-wrought specialists in various forms of culture, marks out the greater poet.

It is the tendency of literary castes to think that specialised work is the greatest.

"This man," they say, "is our poet, not the mob's.

He stands apart, and his apartness marks his greatness." These are amusing persons, who practically say, "We alone understand him, therefore he is great." Yet a phrase like "apartness makes greatness," when justly applied to a poet, marks, not his superiority of rank, but his inferiority.