'...He belonged to the unlucky order of persons who possess the temperament of genius without possessing any sufficient practical talent to act as safety-valve and carry off the alarming rush of steam genius is continually in the process of generating. Such persons are worthy of all commiseration. In the abstract one regards them with the tenderest pity. In the concrete one too frequently finds them insupportable.'
from The Wages of Sin by Lucas Malet (Book V, Chapter II)
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