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Talent is hereditary; it may be the common possession of a whole family (e.g., the Bach family); genius is not transmitted; it is never diffused, but is strictly individual.

Source: Sex and Character, Pt. II, Ch. 4
-- Otto Weininger, (Apr 3 1880-1903), Austrian philosopher; His single work, Geschlecht und Charakter 1903 (Sex and Character), served as a sourcebook for anti-Semitic propagandists.

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