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Two men crossing a stream by night, representing Common sense and Genius. Etching by C. Heath after T. Stothard.

Two eyes, expressing a character of genius, according to Lavater. Drawing, c. 1794.

A young man of genius is holding a group of people enthralled by his conversation. Etching by Phiz (Hablot K. Browne), 1845.

John Metcalf, a blind man, aged 88. Stipple engraving, 1864.

A youth with a bugle by a statue; representing genius. Etching by G.B. Castiglione, 1648, after himself.

The possessor and the possessed : Handel, Mozart, Beethoven, and the idea of musical genius / Peter Kivy.

Hereditary genius : an inquiry into its laws and consequences / by Francis Galton.

Strategies of genius / by Robert B. Dilts.

Genius explained / Michael J.A. Howe.

Memoirs of the Bedford coffee-house. By a genius

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Memoirs of the Bedford coffee-house. By a genius

Memoirs of the Bedford coffee-house. By a genius

Genius

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Memoirs of the Bedford coffee-house. By a genius

Memoirs of the Bedford coffee-house. By a genius

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