There are minds which start out with a superior equipment, and proceed to high and arduous deeds; there are minds which never get any further than a sort of insensate sweating, like that a kidney. We not only observe such differences; we also begin to chart them with more or less accuracy. Of one mind we may say with some confidence that it shows an extraordinary capacity for function and development—that is possessor, exposed to a suitable process of training, may be trusted to acquire the largest body of knowledge and the highest skill of ratiocination to which HOMO SAPIENS is adapted. Of another we may say with the same confidence that its abilities are sharply limited—that no conceivable training can more it beyond a certain point. In other words, men differ inside their heads as they differ outside. There are men who are naturally intelligent and can learn, and there are men who are naturally stupid and cannot. --- From NOTES ON DEMOCRACY
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