When house and land are gone and spent, then learning is most excellent.

When house and land are gone and spent,/ Then learning is most excellent.

Grant was something rare in that or any war. He could learn from experience.

He is not only dull himself, but the cause of dullness in others.

He is not only dull himself, he is the cause of dullness in others.

What can he mean by coming among us? He is not only dull himself, but the cause of dullness in others.