…I say to you, without pleasure, that this son of ours will be a great man, because — well — because he is not very intelligent. He can see only one desire at a time. I said he tested his dreams; he will murder every dream with the implacable arrows of his will. This boy will win to every goal of his aiming; for he can realize no thought, no reason, but his own. And I am sorry for his coming greatness…

…I say to you, without pleasure, that this son of ours will be a great man, because — well — because he is not very intelligent. He can see only one desire at a time. I said he tested his dreams; he will murder every dream with the implacable arrows of his will. This boy will win to every goal of his aiming; for he can realize no thought, no reason, but his own. And I am sorry for his coming greatness…

– John Steinbeck –

Cup of Gold: A Life of Sir Henry Morgan, Buccaneer, with Occasional Reference to History

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