I agree. Also, I think that by just sitting down and writing anyone who has the time and determination, today, can match the output of the great writers in the 17th thru 20th centuries.---Key word is CAN. There is hope. In the late 20th century it was very difficult to do this.---But today, thanks to new emerging communications infrastructure and productivity increasing tools and lowering costs of publishing. (Steemit, for instance!) In the past, the great writers didn't work, wrote all day, because most were wealthy or life essentials were inexpensive. Then life essentials rose in cost and bureaucracy increased. Publishing costs remained about the same. So there was a decline in opportunities to write. Now, the last few years, the cost of publishing is falling fast enough to more than compensate for that and we are seeing a greater written output!