• So much of our time is spent in preparation, so much in routine, and so much in retrospect, that the amount of each person's genius is confined to a very few hours.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson
  American poet and philosopher 1803-1882
  

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1. preparation
2. retrospect
3. confined
4. person
5. genius
6. hours

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So much of our time is spent in preparation, so much in routine, and so much in retrospect, that the amount of each person's genius is confined to a very few hours. by : Ralph Waldo Emerson

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