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3. My son is brighter, more talented, and better looking than I am. His brother is no slouch either, albeit in...
Thu Dec 19, 2024, 01:24 PM
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...a different way.

I'm a tiny bit better educated than either of them, but only because I've lived longer than they have.

We don't, however, use the word "genius" in our home, however. It's a bad word. Speaking only for myself, I am merely bright enough to know how intellectually insufficient I am, and merely educated enough to understand how little I know.

This, however, be it as it may, is to what a father should aspire, in my view, children better in every way than he himself is. I can certainly die happy.

Thank you though for your kind words.

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