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Few men of genius are keen; but almost every man of genius is subtle. If / you ask me the difference between keenness and subtlety, I answer that it / is the difference between a point and an edge. To split a hair is no proof / of subtlety; for subtlety acts in distinguishing differences -- in showing / that two things apparently one are in fact two; whereas, to split a hair is / to cause division, and not to ascertain difference.