Samuel Johnson moralist, poet, essayist, critic, dictionary maker, conversationalist and larger-than-life personality had a formidable intellect and a passion for ideas. A man of humble background, he used his great mind and dominant character to overcome his physical defects, complete ambitious literary projects, and gain acceptance and honors. He also had a compassionate heart and a heroic capacity for suffering. He endured constant pain, long years of profound depression and two decades of failure. Ford Madox Ford called him “the most tragic of all our major literary figures.” Johnson struggled with disease from the moment of his birth to his final fight. From infancy he was blind in one eye and deaf in one ear. In childhood he had tubercular lesions on his neck and smallpox that left scars on his face. [download]
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