Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1852-11-19

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receive it Guinea negroes would think juggler
more than Franklin Herod and Plate were popu-
lar in their day-men of properly and standing.
They got nominations and honor enough. Jesus
of Nazareth got no nomination-got Il cross be
tween two theves-was crowned with thorns-
and when he died, eleven GaEleans gathered to-
gather TO lament their Lord ANY man can mea-
sure a waIking-stck-so many hands wide and
so many nails beside-but it takes a mountain OF
intellect to measure the Andes and Altai
But now and then, God creates a great mighty
man, who greatly Influences mankind. Some
times he reaches far on into other ages. Such Il
man. if he is of the greater, Will bv and by unite
in himself the four great force, Of society-busi-
ness politics, literature, ana the church; himself
a greater force than all of these, will sway them
every one; but just he is greater than other
men, in the highest mood Of greatness, will he be
opposed, and hated too. The tall house i'll the
street darkens the groccr's window opposite, and
he must strike his light sooner than before.
Human nature loves to honor great men, and
often honors many little one under the mistake
that he Is great. See how nations honor the really
great men-Moses, Zoroastcr, Socrates, Jesus,
the Hottest of men! But how many false men
have been deccired-men whose life leads TO be-
wilder and dazzlcs TO blind, If a preacher is a
thousand years before YOU and me- cannot I'M
dcrstand him. Ifonlv hnudred wears of thought
shall sepcrate Us, there Is great gulf between
the two, wherever neither Dives nor Abraham
nor yet Moses himself can pass. It Is q false
great man who often gets possession The pulpit
with his lesson for to-day, which is no lesson; and
d false great man who gets q throne, with his les
son COR to-day, which is also 10 lesson.
Intellect and conscience are convcmant with
IDEAS. absolute truth and absolute right, as the
norm of conduct. With most men, the affections
are before the intellect and the conscience, and the
affections want a person. \ great intellect en-
bodies a great principle, good or bad, and by the
affection men accept the great intellect, bad or
good, and with him, the principle he has got
But a. the affections are 50 large in US, how de-
lighttuI is it for to great man, honor him,
love him. reverence him, trust him /! Crowds OF
men come to look upon hero's face, who are all
careless of his action and needless of his thought
they know not his what, nor his whence, nor his
whittier his person passes for reason, justice and
religion.
Intellect attaches Us to an idea Of truth and
beauty, conscience to a principle of right, atcc-
ton to a man. They say that women have the
most of this affection and are most attachable,
most swayed b. persons least by ideas Woman 5
mind and conscience and her soul they say, crush
into her bosomy heart, But when great man
comes, he is wont to make women Of Us all, and
take Us BY the heart Each great oman. if let
alone, will have an influence III PROPORTION to his
strength of mind and will,-thc cooG great man,
the bad great man; for each particle Of matter
has an attractive force which affects all other
ter, so each particle Of mind and each great man,
has an attractive force which attracts all 9th +
mind
! But, as we somewhat control our activity with
/ progressive increase Of power over matter and
mind 50 we ought TO know if what we follow be
real greatness or seeming greatness ; and Of the
roa, greatness, whether it be good i'll for men
ought not to gravtatc, passivcly, drawn by the
bulk Of bi@ncss, but consciously and freely, to fol-
low great wisdom, Justice, love, and faith i'll God.
Hence, it becomes exceedingly important to study
the character Of great men, for they represent
J social forces for good or i'll.
Merchants watch the markets they know what
ship trinss corn, what hemp, what coal how
much cotton there is at New York or New Orleans
how much gold in the banks. They learn these
/ things because they live BY the markets and seek
! to ret money by their trade Politicians watch
! the turn Of the people and the coming vote. be.
cause thcv live by the bao;-box. aud wish to Get
! honor and office bv their skill. So. a man who
would guide men to wisdom, justice. love and pi-
ctv. to human wclfare-he must watch the great
men, knowing the quantity of truth, of Justice OF
love and faith there is in Calhoun, Webster, Clay,
because he j. to live by the word Of God, and only
/ asks, thy kingdom come
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