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PROVERB

A GENIUS IS OFTEN REGARDED AS A CRACKPOT UNTIL HE HITS THE JACKPOT.

Submitter comment: INFORMANT SAID THIS WAS A FAVORITE SAYING OF A TEACHER AT MILLER HIG
IN DETROIT, ABOUT 1941, WHO WAS A FRUSTRATED INVENTOR.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 13438 BONITA

Keyword(s): FEMININE RHYME ; RECOGNITION OF GENIUS ; SUCCESS

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

Date learned: 10-20-1971

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