Nabuco's view was that due to Rio Branco's lack of first-rate abilities, he would not have been the best leader in troubled times such as the anarchy which existed during Pedro II's minority, or at the end of a period of chaos when strong action was needed to rebuild.
Yes, you need to have first-rate scientific ability, but technical skills won't land you a job all by themselves.
Science fiction legend Arthur C. Clarke famously conceded that "the day Sputnik orbited around the Earth, the United States became a second-rate power". America's scientific abilities came under vicious attack, and many wondered if it were possible for democracies to defeat authoritarian nations in a Cold War.
The test, writes Fitzgerald, in an essay called "The Crack-Up," of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold opposing ideas in the mind at the same time yet retain the ability to function.
F. Scott Fitzgerald said, "The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function".
F Scott Fitzgerald said: "The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposing ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function".
If, as F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote, "the test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function," the test of a successful presidency may be the ability to multitask in crises.
F. Scott Fitzgerald said that "the test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposing ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function".
The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function.
F. Scott Fitzgerald once said, "The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposing ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function".
The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function F. Scott Fitzgerald.
