Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance. By Angela Duckworth. Scribner; 352 pages; $28. Vermilion; £20. FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE, a German philosopher, once stated that there was a universal tendency to see success as the result of innate talent, rather than effort.
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