Denison Olmsted Quote

Happy is genius, when it lights on a profession entirely consonant to its powers, where the objects successively presented to it are so exactly suited to its nature, that it clings to them as the loadstone to its kindred metal among piles of foreign ores.


Letters on Astronomy, Letter XXIV (p. 301), Harper & Brothers Publishers. 1848


Happy is genius, when it lights on a profession entirely consonant to its powers, where the objects successively presented to it are so exactly...

Happy is genius, when it lights on a profession entirely consonant to its powers, where the objects successively presented to it are so exactly...

Happy is genius, when it lights on a profession entirely consonant to its powers, where the objects successively presented to it are so exactly...

Happy is genius, when it lights on a profession entirely consonant to its powers, where the objects successively presented to it are so exactly...