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What are needed here are not different words, but surer ways of communicating the essence of a matter from one mind (or set of minds) to another.
He was a self-educated man, but early in his career his talents were recognized specifically with regard to his "analytical nature, his ability to grasp the essence of a matter, and think clearly, and practically."