Every other science presupposes intelligence as already existing and complete: the philosopher contemplates it in its growth, and as it were represents its history to the mind from its birth to its maturity.

Samuel Taylor Coleridge
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When Charles Darwin said, “The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall,” he was speaking about the power of persistence. More specifically, the power to get up day after day and fight all over again. That’s what brings the greatest glory.

Source: Biographia Literaria: Biographical Sketches Of My Literary Life & Opinions

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