Talent lying in the understanding is often inherited genius being the action of reason or imagination rarely or never.
Common sense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom.
Television contracts the imagination and radio expands it.
Hardboiled crime fiction came of age in 'Black Mask' magazine during the Twenties and Thirties. Writers like Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler learnt their craft and developed a distinct literary style and attitude toward the modern world.
