You say it makes your father angry to have any one refer to your literary talents.
I remember when your father bred race-horses, and how proud he was that a two-year-old colt showed traits and points noticeably like its high-priced dam.
He chose for your mother, a woman of rare mind, and of poetic taste, and why should he not be proud and glad that his son resembles her? When will fathers learn that sons are more frequently like their mothers, and daughters like their fathers, than otherwise?
The temporary dissatisfaction of your father is not so sad to contemplate as your own lifelong disappointment if you accede to his wishes in this matter.
Each individual has a right to choose his own career in life, so long as that career is respectable and bodes no evil to humanity.
If, as your father threatens, he refuses to give you support while you are exploring the field of literature, you should feel grateful to him for this unintentional incentive to success.
I do not agree with those who consider the necessity to earn money a misfortune to genius.
I believe the greatest works of art given to the world have been brought to light through necessity.
The artistic temperament is almost invariably combined with a propensity to dream, and to float upon the clouds of imagination.
The ranks of wealth and comfort are full of talented and accomplished people who "never are, but always to be" great.