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Thomas Carlyle on Intelligence

1795–1881 Scotland

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"Genius" (which means transcendent capacity of taking trouble, first of all).

For the eye of the intellect "sees in all objects what it brought with it the means of seeing."

A gifted noble people; a people of wild strong feelings, and of iron restraint over these: the characteristic of noble-mindedness, of genius.

Heroes and Hero-Worship (1840)

Genius … means the transcendent capacity of taking trouble.

Genius is 'the inspired gift of God.' It is the clearer presence of God Most High in a man. Dim, potential in all men; in this man it has become clear, actual.

Past and Present (1843)

To the British subject who fancies genius may be lodged in him, this liberty remains; and truly it is, if well computed, almost the only one he has.

Latter-Day Pamphlets (1850)

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