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Versatility Franklin, Benjamin (1706–1790) American statesman, inventor, printer, author, scientist. [Am. Hist.: Benét, 366] Georges d’Amboise (1460–1510), conjectural eponym of “Let George do it,” made premier and cardinal by Louis XII, who found him capable of any task. [Fr. Hist.: Brewer Dictionary, 392] epitome of the versatile worker of trades. [Pop. Culture: Misc.] (1743–1826) writer of Declaration of Independence; inventor, scholar, president. [Am. Hist.: Jameson, 256–257] (1452–1519) painter, sculptor, architect, musician, scientist, engineer. [Ital. Hist.:NCE, 1561–1562] How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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`It is a law of nature we overlook, that intellectual versatility is the compensation for change, danger, and trouble. They have neither the matured and systematically trained powers of the Polygonal Bachelors and Masters of Arts, nor yet the native precocity and mercurial versatility of the youthful Tradesman. There is so much, as you put it, to be explained, that the task, even to a man of your versatility, seems hopeless |
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