Samuel Butler: Dullness is so much stronger than genius because there is so much more of it, and it is better organised and more natura

Dullness is so much stronger than genius because there is so much more of it, an — Samuel Butler

Dullness is so much stronger than genius because there is so much more of it, and it is better organised and more naturally cohesive.

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