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Genius may be almost defined as the faculty of acquiring poverty.

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Talent jogs to conclusions to which Genius takes giant leaps.

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Edwin Percy Whipple

Edwin Percy Whipple
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Born: March 8, 1819
Died: June 16, 1886 (aged 67)
Bio: Edwin Percy Whipple was an American essayist and critic.
Known for:
  1. Character and Characteristic Men (1866)
  2. Success and Its Conditions (1871)
  3. The Literature of the Age of Elizabeth (1869)
  4. Outlooks on society, literature and politics
  5. Literature and Life (1883)

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