Extract a definition of intelligence from this intelligent extract from this:

Gingrich flips the Holmes formulation around: He has a first-class intellect but his temperament belongs in steerage. // then in the next paragraph, and example(?) of intelligence
Gingrich made the most compelling and damning statement about Pres. Barack Obama’s inaction in Libya, right before he made the most compelling and damning statement about Obama’s action in Libya. He tried to square them after the fact in an unpersuasive explanation that lacked the eloquence and conviction of his mutually exclusive denunciations.