Common sense is only a modification of talent. Genius is an exaltation of it. The difference is, therefore, in degree, not nature.
Every great man exhibits the talent of organization or construction, whether it be in a poem, a philosophical system, a policy, or a strategy. And without method there is no organization nor construction.
What men want is not talent, it is purpose; in other words, not the power to achieve, but the will to labor.
What mankind wants is not talent; it is purpose.
What a rare gift, by the by, is that of manners! how difficult to define, how much more difficult to impart! Better for a man to possess them than wealth, beauty, or talent; they will more than supply all.
Strive, while improving your one talent, to enrich your whole capital as a man. It is in this way that you escape from the wretched narrow-mindedness which is the characteristic of every one who cultivates his specialty alone.
Talk not of genius baffled. Genius is master of man. Genius does what it must, and Talent does what it can.
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