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1  It's genius simmering, perhaps.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER FORTY-ONE
2  That's just why, because talent isn't genius, and no amount of energy can make it so.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER THIRTY-NINE
3  It takes people a long time to learn the difference between talent and genius, especially ambitious young men and women.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX
4  You have a good many little gifts and virtues, but there is no need of parading them, for conceit spoils the finest genius.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER SEVEN
5  I'll let it simmer, and see what comes of it, he said, with a secret suspicion all the while that it wasn't genius, but something far more common.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER FORTY-ONE
6  His meals were interrupted by the frequent flight of the presiding genius, who deserted him, half-helped, if a muffled chirp sounded from the nest above.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER THIRTY-EIGHT
7  But her reverence for genius received a severe shock that night, and it took her some time to recover from the discovery that the great creatures were only men and women after all.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER THIRTY-FOUR
8  Those are people whom it's a satisfaction to help, for if they've got genius, it's an honor to be allowed to serve them, and not let it be lost or delayed for want of fuel to keep the pot boiling.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER FORTY-FOUR
9  She did not think herself a genius by any means, but when the writing fit came on, she gave herself up to it with entire abandon, and led a blissful life, unconscious of want, care, or bad weather, while she sat safe and happy in an imaginary world, full of friends almost as real and dear to her as any in the flesh.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN