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Wednesday, January 14, 2009

Quote of the Day (Jonathan Swift, on True Genius)

“When a true genius appears in the world you may know him by this sign; that the dunces are all in confederacy against him.”—Jonathan Swift, The Battle of the Books (1704)

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Wednesday, January 14, 2009

Quote of the Day (Jonathan Swift, on True Genius)

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