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The first man gets the oyster, the second man gets the shell. Andrew Carnegie		Wednesday Apr 15, 2026
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The only difference between a genius and one of common capacity is that the former anticipates and explores what the latter accidentally hits upon; but even the man of genius himself more frequently employs the advantages that chance presents him; it is the lapidary who gives value to the diamond which the peasant has dug up without knowing its value. Abbé Guillaume Thomas François Raynal

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	Abbé Guillaume Thomas François Raynal
	(1713-1796) French priest-historian-philosopher, 6-volume history of colonies in America & Indies.

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The only difference between a genius and one of common capacity is that the former anticipates and explores what the latter accidentally hits upon; but even the man of genius himself more frequently employs the advantages that chance presents him; it is the lapidary who gives value to the diamond which the peasant has dug up without knowing its value.