I admire most of all The Renaissance Man, and if it can be said without pretentiousness, I like to think of myself as one, at least in some small measure. Not a Michelangelo, mark you, but perhaps a poor man's Cellini or a road company Cosimo de' Medici... the Renaissance Man did a number of things, many of them well, a few beautifully. He was no damned specialist.
The Provocative Pen of Lucius Beebe, Esq (ed. 1966)