Intelligence is quickness to apprehend as distinct form ability, which is capacity to act wisely on the thing apprehended. (Alfred North Whitehead)

Intelligence is quickness to apprehend as distinct form ability, which is capacity to act wisely on the thing apprehended.

Alfred North Whitehead

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