Almost all great deeds arise from a plenitude of hope or desire. No man ever had genius who did not aim to execute more than he was able.


In: John Davy, Memoirs of the Life of Sir Humphry Davy (Volume 1)


Almost all great deeds arise from a plenitude of hope or desire. No man ever had genius who did not aim to execute more than he was able.

Almost all great deeds arise from a plenitude of hope or desire. No man ever had genius who did not aim to execute more than he was able.

Almost all great deeds arise from a plenitude of hope or desire. No man ever had genius who did not aim to execute more than he was able.

Almost all great deeds arise from a plenitude of hope or desire. No man ever had genius who did not aim to execute more than he was able.