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Works of the intellect are great only by comparison with each
other.
Works of the intellect are great only by comparison with each
other.
Some minds are like concrete: thoroughly mixed up and permanently set.
Some minds are like concrete: thoroughly mixed up and permanently set.
Nothing is more difficult, and therefore more precious, than to be able to decide
Nothing is more difficult, and therefore more precious, than to be able to decide
In short, intelligence, considered in what seems to be its
original feature, is the faculty of manufacturing artificial
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In short, intelligence, considered in what seems to be its
original feature, is the faculty of manufacturing artificial
objects, especially tools to make tools, and of indefinitely
urging the manufacture.
Thou living ray of intellectual fire.
Thou living ray of intellectual fire.
A man is not a wall, whose stones are crushed upon the road; or a
pipe, whose fragments are read more
A man is not a wall, whose stones are crushed upon the road; or a
pipe, whose fragments are thrown away at a street corner. The
fragments of an intellect are always good.
The hand that follows intellect can achieve.
The hand that follows intellect can achieve.
We should take care not to make the intellect our god; it has, of
course, powerful muscles, but no read more
We should take care not to make the intellect our god; it has, of
course, powerful muscles, but no personality.
