As Ye Hoe so Shall Ye Reap 



points that stand for absolute im- 

 becility in the lower depths and daz- 

 zling brilliancy in the upper realms. 

 All this you will find diagramed and 

 discussed in Francis Galton's "Heredi- 

 tary Genius." That distinguished sa- 

 vant will tell you that a Napoleon or a 

 Shakespeare performs his apparently 

 superhuman tasks with just as little 

 effort as you and I manage our infinite- 

 ly smaller undertakings; the difference 

 being one of natural capacity is there- 

 fore fundamental. 



The great mind is created, not made. 

 If you have it, you have it. That is all 

 there is to it. And you yourself are 

 entitled to no credit whatsoever as an 

 individual for being the mere custodian 

 of something that can neither be 

 bought, stolen nor acquired by study, 

 thought or any other human process. 

 And, on the other hand, if you have 

 not been born into that sparsely settled 

 zone where the truly great appear, you 

 are not going to get very far in that 

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