Genius in one grand particular is like life. We know nothing of either…

Charles Caleb Colton
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Genius in one grand particular is like life. We know nothing of either but by their effects. ✨ Charles Caleb Colton (1832). Lacon: Or Many Things in Few Words, Addressed to Those who Think
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