Readings from the best authors, ed. by A.H. Bryce, Issue 9Archibald Hamilton Bryce 1862 |
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... .............................. ...... Everett . VI . Tact versus Talent ....... ...................................................... ................. London Atlas . 69 67 69 SECTION IV . - ORATORY . I. Pitt , Earl of Chatham ...
... .............................. ...... Everett . VI . Tact versus Talent ....... ...................................................... ................. London Atlas . 69 67 69 SECTION IV . - ORATORY . I. Pitt , Earl of Chatham ...
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... the age of thirty declared the independence of his country , at the age of eighty to be secured by his country in the enjoyment of his own ? TACT VERSUS TALENT . 69 Nor would we , on 68 MEN AND DEEDS OF AMERICAN REVOLUTION .
... the age of thirty declared the independence of his country , at the age of eighty to be secured by his country in the enjoyment of his own ? TACT VERSUS TALENT . 69 Nor would we , on 68 MEN AND DEEDS OF AMERICAN REVOLUTION .
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... TACT VERSUS TALENT . ( London Atlas . ) TALENT is something , but not everything . Talent is serious , sober , grave , and respectable . Tact is all that and more , too ; it is not a sixth sense , but it is the life of all the five ; it ...
... TACT VERSUS TALENT . ( London Atlas . ) TALENT is something , but not everything . Talent is serious , sober , grave , and respectable . Tact is all that and more , too ; it is not a sixth sense , but it is the life of all the five ; it ...
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... tact is skill . Talent is weight ; tact is momentum . Talent knows what to do ; tact knows how to do it . Talent makes a man respectable ; tact will make him respected . Talent is wealth ; tact is ready money . For all the practical ...
... tact is skill . Talent is weight ; tact is momentum . Talent knows what to do ; tact knows how to do it . Talent makes a man respectable ; tact will make him respected . Talent is wealth ; tact is ready money . For all the practical ...
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... tact produces that which is wished for . Talent instructs ; tact enlightens . Talent leads where no one follows ; tact follows where the humour leads . Talent is pleased that it ought to have succeeded ; tact is delighted that it has ...
... tact produces that which is wished for . Talent instructs ; tact enlightens . Talent leads where no one follows ; tact follows where the humour leads . Talent is pleased that it ought to have succeeded ; tact is delighted that it has ...
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