In Mozart and Salieri we see the contrast between the genius which does what it must and the talent which does what it can.

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Baring applies a "contrast" first made by Robert Bulwer-Lytton in Chronicles and Characters (London: Chapman and Hall, 1868), Vol. II, p. 302: "Genius does what it must, and Talent does what it can."

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In Mozart and Salieri we see the contrast between the genius which does what it must and the talent which does what it can.

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