Insist on yourself, never imitate......every great manis unique\" Solution No one knows what it is, nor can they, till that person hasexpressed it. Where is the master who could have taughtShakespeare? Where is the master who could have instructedFranklin, or Washington, or Lincoln, or Kennedy? Every great man is unique. The Kafkaesqueness of Kafka isprecisely that part he couldn\'t borrow. Another Shakespeare willnever be made by the study of Shakespeare. Do what\'s assigned toyou, and you can\'t hope too much or dare too much. Right now thereis something for you to say as huge as the chisel of Michelangelo,or the trowel of the Egyptians, or the pen of Moses or Dante, butdifferent from all of them. A rich, eloquent soul with a thousand-branched tongue will neverrepeat itself. But if you can hear what these masters say, you cansurely reply to them in the same tone of voice, because the ear andthe tongue are two parts of the same whole. Live in the simple andnoble regions of your life, obey your heart, and you\'ll recreatethe Wonders of the Ages..