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Genius may be almost defined as the faculty of acquiring poverty.
Edwin Percy Whipple
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Edwin Percy Whipple
Age: 67 †
Born: 1819
Born: March 8
Died: 1886
Died: June 16
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Gloucester
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Of the three prerequisites of genius the first is soul the second is soul and the third is soul.
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