In Mozart and Salieri we see the contrast between the genius which does what it must and the talent which does what it can.

After an abortive start of a diplomatic career he travelled widely particularly in Russia. "


Bibliography
The Black Prince and Other Poems (1903)
With the Russians in Manchuria. During 1918 Baring served as a staff officer in the Royal Air Force and was appointed an Officer in the Order of the British Empire.

Maurice Baring (27 April 1874 – 14 December 1945) was an English man of letters known as a dramatist poet novelist translator and essayist and also as a travel writer and war correspondent.