It is, O friends, that all of us, that many of us, should acquire the true eye for talent, which is dreadfully wanting at present! The true eye for talent presupposes the true reverence for it,-O Heavens, presupposes so many things! (Thomas Carlyle)

It is, O friends, that all of us, that many of us, should acquire the true eye for talent, which is dreadfully wanting at present! The true eye for talent presupposes the true reverence for it,-O Heavens, presupposes so many things!

Thomas Carlyle

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