The most useless creature that ever yawned at a club, or counted the vermin on his rags under the suns of Calabria, has no excuse for want of intelle… - Edward Bulwer-Lytton

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The most useless creature that ever yawned at a club, or counted the vermin on his rags under the suns of Calabria, has no excuse for want of intellect. What men want is not talent, it is purpose,—in other words, not the power to achieve, but the will to labour.

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About Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Edward George Earl Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton (25 May 1803 – 18 January 1873) was an English novelist, playwright, and politician.

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Pen Names: Owen Meredith Pisistratus Caxton
Native Name: Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1. Baron Lytton
Alternative Names: Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer Lord Lytton Edward George Earle, 1st Baron Lytton Bulwer-Lytton Baron Edward Bulwer Lytton Edward Bulwer Lytton E. G. L. B. George Edward Bulwer, Lord Lytton
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