The eye of genius has always a plaintive expression, and its natural language is pathos.
Source: Letter, 27 Apr 1843; published in Letters from New York, vol. 1, Letter 39, 1843.
-- Lydia M Child, (Feb 11 1802-1880), US author; Her anti-slavery works had great influence in her time; edited Juvenile Miscellany, 1826-34, the first children's monthly in U.S.