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genius

In Roman mythology, the spirit personifying the male capacity of a family (gens) to reproduce itself, residing exclusively in the male head of the family. The corresponding female capacity was the iuno.

Later, the genius was transformed into the man's higher self and as such was worshipped by him, especially on his birthday. A popular cult of the emperor's genius developed as early as the reign of Augustus. Other developments were the genii of places, buildings, and corporations.



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"Finish," said he, "the story of the genius and the merchant.
The Arabian Nights by Lang, Andrew View in context
And, to signify that peculiar musical quality of Poe's genius which inthralls every reader, Mr.
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In any other place than the town of Alencon the mere aspect of his person would have won him the assistance of superior men, or of women who are able to recognize genius in obscurity.
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