Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1852-12-09
9SEL LEGT YA.RI Ely. \
influence of Great Men.s5i57 = :
.Prom the sei.ntfae Anaarie.n.

.Ha III
There is no object, apparently. upon which7We
differ so much trum the opinions sxptFned by au-
thots and editors in general IS 10 what constitutes
a"great man, When mighty statesmen ind tn
umphaht Warriors belonging 10 any hstien fall be-
fore the scythe Of death, the whole land puts on
sackcloth, and goes into mourning. We have seem
two recent instances of this kind in different parts
of the world-we allude TO the death of Webster
among ourSeiVeS, and that OF Wellington IN King.
land; intelects cannot be esmeasured'b 'by rtfS and
square; nor can greatness be measured byp1btieEe
QUEENS and monuments. We can only form AZ
onhion as to the greatn, IS of men by what they
have e,done-"6y their works ye shall know them"
Wehear rmenfrequentlyb boast OF the genius OF Han
nibal, Cesar, Napoleon and Wellington, of theip-
tellect of Burke, Pitt, Hamilton, and ehgteI bot
neither warriors and orators IN the front Of iahkt
intellect-they must take a lower place than many
men of science whose greatness we seldom hear q
word about. What intellect among Hafrlosg ana
statesmen can take q rank with that of Gllileo.
Keplet, Lei6litE Hlo0l1 NeWt0ll Eplerl w hlllAS-
! ton, La Place, Black, OayoiSief. DaTY, sYat1s
| Boyle, franklin, &cl We could mention Others.
| but these are enough for our purpose The goSks
which these men have accoInpl plshed 1feet ~ men,
ry day and every night and they will do GO 9th
efs through all coming ages TheYictorieS oEAan-
nbal were all ehattered and blaEtsd by The etngle
defeat OF Zema, and the Whole OF apoleonsE een:
quest sunk for ever on the single field
It's tue TINT the speeches and writings Of gtat,
men and orators do not perish 30 thot Sc
down and are read by succeeding general Ppsf bat
| at the same time new circhn1Stanees arse tzhttA
lead men who are conside wisein one gsRsfh.
tion to be looked upon BY another den6
ceptors or as false lights Tor new dit
feTent with those ptofouud thin sptslerS
in the scientific wotl they are
tans. When we hear people speak Of . greatEnArt
we ask what he has done, and we Try hiB YoEk1 10
see If they are the genuine coin. The t6llin 6t6rs
lbVnsht continually remind hB Of GSife67 RepfeE.
I;Herschel, and La Plaee.aATheFe isa15t en- apple
lfals to the ground but reminds US Of the great
Eton The lightning fsetIng T9n sl9Rd t9 Slela
down from the skies aithe hunter brings down She
eagle in lts tight The lives Of hppdEedEa
every year by DpSy's safety lamp. The inyenti9p
of Wait has mulfpie the pdwSrof man oSef In
animate matter more than million foldj Ghd Tie
Il genius of Fulton has made aiturnpik ofsthe At
jlaniic., We would not, perhaps hays ErittepsJp-
i on this subject at present but have
| seen SO much IN our papem about great men and
gieat eett ind 50 INT been SAID about
them by oratun and othsss, and comp b.
j tween this one and that one having been 5netes
and seeing nothing at all said OF 9ef1ee
and inventors, whose, reasoning often tool
mer flights than the iraaginAton q ~
we have said this much, and copld .saxe gEsatde0
more, to fogifye position that VaiEipl
men must take q lower rank tog t9ir1 ala intel
\ lect than thpssA men ,Rhe9e Aatnee VI Ale4e -
toned TbeIs laEe also 81
ldircoTereS and ipTeptpFp are the gEeat ansl
ling ofinteIlec0 Of the eaTth5 Tins epld lea ~
to iell how Rebler discoye the laws Which ~.
ern the planets I'M their orbits hog aEEa1g,
ed tbe whole universe before The mind and diSs
red the force which guides planet in to eourse
a snarfoN In its fightS and the great oftheeea
vhich refresh and fmctify our shoTe5i Of Welles.
ton, ma king fheial - inner than thoggot ne
lSsiysa;stns OF StephonSons dFfing ifolst tholsa
Eoyef monntaiti and nascEe; Of psgueEIss Astr Ms
sIns sbeam for q peutif; ana 81 tie htning
hi his ben. hoi6tit and cfct ibed y tntst.
llect must that man be N 81 q ~
linen, falls operceiFe and ~ The "
Ephilosophers tud: men Of ~ 81 s5sy,s u
p, a.,,;e, .7A rhe following beeutt tAqn
iS5nfEt q 1eeui III Ettte % tie
.sbe q Edtng away ~
- !. a.. srs - (lnls Ihe Iet of tlat