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If we do not speak of him as a man of genius, he had that absolute probity and that sound common sense which are safer and better guides than genius.
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gutenberg.orgGeorge F. Hoar: “If we do not speak of him as a man of genius, he had that absolute probity and that sound common sense which are safer…”
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Hoar argues that qualities like probity and common sense are more valuable than genius in leadership.
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