• Any complex activity, if it is to be carried on with any degree of virtuosity, calls for appropriate gifts of intellect and temperament. If they are outstanding and reveal themselves in exceptional achievements, their possessor is called a 'genius'.

  Source: On War (1832)

  Carl von Clausewitz
  Prussian general and military theorist 1780-1831
  

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1. achievements
2. temperament
3. outstanding
4. exceptional
5. possessor
6. called

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Any complex activity, if it is to be carried on with any degree of virtuosity, calls for appropriate gifts of intellect and temperament. If they are outstanding and reveal themselves in exceptional achievements, their possessor is called a 'genius'. by : Carl von Clausewitz

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