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...powerful influence in decisions upon character, and is not overcome without considerable difficulty. . . . When wit is combined with sense and information ;...when it is softened by benevolence, and restrained by strong principle ; when it is in the hands of a man who can use it and desptse it ; who can be witty,...

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...the understanding well, to risk something; to aim at uniting things that are commonly incompatible. The meaning of an extraordinary man is, that he is...when it is softened by benevolence, and restrained by strong principle; when it is in the hands of a man who can use it and despise it, who can be witty...

...the understanding well, to risk something; to aim at uniting things that are commonly incompatible. The meaning of an extraordinary man is, that he is...when it is softened by benevolence, and restrained by strong principle ; when it is in the hands of a man who can use it and despise it. who can be witty...

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