"I am very sure that any man of common understanding may, by culture, care, attention, and labor, make himself what- ever he pleases, except a great poet."
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Philip Stanhope
4th Earl of Chesterfield
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I smile, everyone does have their own particular gifts and talents.
 -- Mike, NORWALK     
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    Indeed, the Man of Common Sense is not, necessarily, so common in his constitution or capabilities.
     -- Patrick Henry, Red Hill     
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    Or a great statesman... where are the brilliant minds of Jefferson, Washington, Adams, Franklin today? Americans have no New Worlds to migrate to. Liberty will have to be restored from within -- that's a lot harder than colonizing new lands. It is possible, but great statesmen are hard to find/be.
     -- E Archer, NYC     
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