Next to genius is the power ...

Next to genius is the power of feeling where true genius lies.
 Sarah Josepha Hale

Quotes from the same author

No influence is so powerful as that of the mother.
 Sarah Josepha Hale
Oh, wondrous power! how little understood, Entrusted to the mother's mind alone, To fashion genius, form the soul for good, Inspire a West, or train a Washington.
 Sarah Josepha Hale
There is no influence so powerful as that of the mother, but next in rank in efficacy is that of the schoolmaster.
 Sarah Josepha Hale
many tender, delicate mothers, seem to think that to make their children eat, is all that is requisite to make them great.
 Sarah Josepha Hale
There is hardly a more heart-thrilling pleasure enjoyed by mortals, than that which parents feel when seeing their child first being able to 'catch knowledge of objects.
 Sarah Josepha Hale