 Napoleon, we would observe, that military talent, even of the highest order, is far from holding the first place among intellectual endowments. It is one of the lower forms of genius ; for it is not conversant with the highest and richest objects of thought....  The London Magazine - Pàgina 2371828Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | William Ellery Channing - 1903 - 314 pàgines
...from holding the first place among intellectual endowments. It is one of the lower forms of genius ; for it is not conversant with the highest and richest...greater force, who supplies by skill, science, and invention the want of numbers, who dives into the counsels of his enemy, and who gives unity, energy,... | |
 | David Graham - 1925 - 380 pàgines
...from holding the first place among intellectual endowments. It is one of the lower forms of genius, for it is not conversant with the highest and richest objects of thought . . . nothing is more common than to find men eminent in this department, who are almost wholly awanting... | |
 | 1839 - 336 pàgines
...from holding the first place among intellectual endowments. It is one of the lower forms of genius ; for it is not conversant with the highest and richest...greater force ; who supplies by skill, science, and invention, the want of numbers; who dives into the counsels of his enemy, and who gives unity, energy... | |
 | Robert Walsh, Eliakim Littell, John Jay Smith - 1828 - 802 pàgines
...from holding the first place among intellectual endowments. It is one of the lower forms of genius ; for it is not conversant with the highest and richest...grant that a mind which takes in a wide country at a Blanco, and understands almost, by intuition, the positions it affords for a successful campaign, is... | |
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