The Wise Man... If He

It Is Not Eminent Talent That Is Required To Ensure Success In Any Pursuit, So Much As Purpose-not Merely The Power To Achieve, But The Will To Labour Energetically And Perseveringly. Hence Energy Of Will May Be Defined To Be The Very Central Power Of Character In A Man-in A Word, It Is The Man Himself.

Thus The Brave And Aspiring Life Of One Man Lights A Flame In The Minds Of Others Of Like Faculties And Impulse; And Where There Is Equally Vigorous Effort, Like Distinction And Success Will Almost Surely Follow. Thus The Chain Of Example Is Carried Down Through Time In An Endless Succession Of Links--admiration Exciting Imitation, And Perpetuating The True Aristocracy Of Genius.

Men Cannot Be Raised In Masses As The Mountains Were In He Early Geological States Of The World. They Must Be Dealt With As Units; For It Is Only By The Elevation Of Individuals That The Elevation Of The Masses Can Be Effectively Secured.

One Might Almost Fear," Writes A Thoughtful Woman, "seeing How The Women Of To-day Are Lightly Stirred Up To Run After Some New Fashion Or Faith, That Heaven Is Not So Near To Them As It Was To Their Mothers And Grandmothers.

It Is Natural To Admire And Revere Really Great Men. They Hallow The Nation To Which They Belong, And Lift Up Not Only All Who Live In Their Time, But Those Who Live After Them. Their Great Example Becomes The Common Heritage Of Their Race; And Their Great Deeds And Great Thoughts Are The Most Glorious Legacies Of Mankind.