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If there be anything that can be called genius, it consists chiefly in ability to give that attention to a subject which keeps it steadily in the mind, till we have surveyed it accurately on all sides.
Robert Quillen
Robert Quillen
Born: Mar 25, 1887
Died: Dec 9, 1948

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Genius, Mind, Sides, Consists, Ability, Steadily, Give, Attention, Till, Subject, Chiefly, Accurately, Anything, Which, Keeps

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