"Mental capacity" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... not considered, in that warlike age, as likely to shine as a warrior. His mental capacity, in general, was likewise not very highly esteemed. His talents were, in truth, very much below mediocrity. His mind was incredibly small. A petty passion for contemptible details characterized him from his youth, and, as long as he lived, he could neither learn ...
— The Rise of the Dutch Republic, 1555-1566 • John Lothrop Motley
... an opinion, however, respecting the mental capacity of the youth, for whose sake the poor girl had wandered so many miles; and I no longer wondered that she saw a difference between ...
— The Gold Hunter's Adventures - Or, Life in Australia • William H. Thomes
... intelligent women in love with the writer. Her instinct warned her against finding any fault. Had she found any it would have been the only thing Clifford would have thought she happened to be wrong about. As it was, his opinion of her judgment and general mental capacity went up enormously, and he decided that she was a very clever kid. A decent little girl too, and ...
— Bird of Paradise • Ada Leverson
... mental capacity of a white mouse,' he cried, and explained the dials and the sockets for bomb-dropping till it was time to mount and ride the ...
— A Diversity of Creatures • Rudyard Kipling
... you," Amory declared to Tom, "he's the first contemporary I've ever met whom I'll admit is my superior in mental capacity." ...
— This Side of Paradise • F. Scott Fitzgerald
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