The effusions of genius are entitled to admiration rather than applause, as they are chiefly the effect of natural endowment, and sometimes appear to be almost involuntary. William Benton Clulow More Quotes by William Benton Clulow More Quotes From William Benton Clulow Time sheds a softness on remote objects or events, as local distance imparts to the landscape a smoothness and mellowness which disappear on a nearer approach. William Benton Clulow distance events time