The scope of an intellect is not to be measured with a tape-string, or a character deciphered from the shape or length of a nose. (Christian Nestell Bovee)

The scope of an intellect is not to be measured with a tape-string, or a character deciphered from the shape or length of a nose.

Christian Nestell Bovee

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