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Versatility

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Versatility
Franklin, Benjamin
(1706–1790) American statesman, inventor, printer, author, scientist. [Am. Hist.: Benét, 366]
George
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]
jack-of-all-trades
epitome of the versatile worker of trades. [Pop. Culture: Misc.]
Jefferson, Thomas
(1743–1826) writer of Declaration of Independence; inventor, scholar, president. [Am. Hist.: Jameson, 256–257]
Leonardo da Vinci
(1452–1519) painter, sculptor, architect, musician, scientist, engineer. [Ital. Hist.:NCE, 1561–1562]
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`It is a law of nature we overlook, that intellectual versatility is the compensation for change, danger, and trouble.
The Time Machine by Wells, H.G. View in context
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.
Flatland by Abbott, Edwin View in context
There is so much, as you put it, to be explained, that the task, even to a man of your versatility, seems hopeless
A Millionaire of Yesterday by Oppenheim, E. Phillips View in context
 
 
 
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