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. . . there is a much higher character from that of a wit or a poet or a savant, which is that of a rational sociable being, willing to carry on the commerce of life with all the sweetness and condescension, decency and virtue will permit.

Source: Letter to Mrs. William Robinson, her sister-in-law,The Letters of Mrs. Elizabeth Montagu, 1810-1813 .
-- Elizabeth Montagu, (Oct 2 1720-1800), English intellectual, conversationalist; She was one of the first Bluestockings, English women who organized conversation evenings to find a more worthy pastime than card playing.

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