/lit/ - Literature

Was he born a genius, or did he make himself one? He does say that he doesn't believe in the maxim that geniuses are born.

Thinking about it is depressing.. He's just an example. Can someone of average intelligence "make it"? By that I mean not being someone who reads a lot, but is a total imbecile. Someone who can deliberate and evaluate, criticize and innovate. You know, a proper intellectual. Is ambition deadly!? Sorry, please don't be too harsh on me.

It was a dumb and stupid board; the shitposts fell in torrents — except at occasional intervals, when it was checked by a violent gust of naughtie farties which swept up the streets (for it is in /lit/ that our scene lies)

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Chapter 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uF47v_9olEs