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Talent is that which is in a man's power; genius is that in whose power a man is.

Talent is that which is in a man's power; genius is that in whose power a man is.

James Russell Lowell
Power, Men, Genius
James Russell Lowell (1870). “Among my Books, etc”, p.356

Taste is the next gift to genius.

James Russell Lowell
Genius, Taste, Next
James Russell Lowell (1845). “Conversations on Some of the Old Poets”, p.53

Attention is the stuff that memory is made of, and memory is accumulated genius.

James Russell Lowell
Memories, Attention, Genius
James Russell Lowell (2016). “Delphi Complete Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell (Illustrated)”, p.595, Delphi Classics

Human nature has a much greater genius for sameness than for originality.

James Russell Lowell
Genius, Originality, Human Nature
James Russell Lowell (1871). “My Study Windows”, p.63

A profound common sense is the best genius for statesmanship.

James Russell Lowell
Common Sense, Profound, Genius
James Russell Lowell (1871). “My Study Windows”, p.132

To make the common marvelous is the test of genius.

James Russell Lowell
Genius, Tests, Common

It is the privilege of genius that life never grows common place, as it does for the rest of us.

James Russell Lowell
Doe, Genius, Literature

To genius life never grows commonplace.

James Russell Lowell
Genius, Grows, Commonplace

There is no work of genius which has not been the delight of mankind, no word of genius to which the human heart and soul have not sooner or later responded.

James Russell Lowell
Heart, Soul, Genius
James Russell Lowell (1870). “Among my Books, etc”, p.357

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