What a falsehood it is to say that genius and industry are incompatible ! Does one work of genius exist that has not also been a work of labour ? (Letitia Elizabeth Landon)

What a falsehood it is to say that genius and industry are incompatible ! Does one work of genius exist that has not also been a work of labour ?

Letitia Elizabeth Landon

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