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Blu, now and then God creates great
lmigbty man, who greatly influence,
mankind. Sometimes he reaches Tar Of
Into other, ages. Snch man, if 4
| Of the greatest, will by-qnd-by unite IN
himself the four great forces of'society---
business, politics, literature, and tft
church; himself greater force than al
of these, will sway them every one: bul
ljust as he is greater than other men il
4 thu highest mood Of greatness, will be he
(opposed and hated, too The tall house
lin the street iarkensthe grocer's window
opposite, and he must strike his lights
sooner than before.
Human nature loves to honor great
men, and often honors many little one
Eunder the mispke that he is great. See
how nations honor really great; men!--
Moses, Zoroaster, Socrates, Jesus the
Hottest of men! Butby how many false
men have we been deceived men whose
life leads TO bewiIder, and dazzles 10
blind. II apreucheris q Thousand years
before you ond me, we can NOT under.
stand him. If only, d hundred years Of
though, shall separate US, there is great
Eg,ilf between The two, wherever neither
Dives nor Abraham, nor yet Moses him.
self can pass, 1t is false great man
often, who gets possession of the pulpit,
Iwiihih his lesson for to-day, which is no
llesson; and a false great man who gets a
throne with his lesson for to day, which
| is also no lesson. . ~ s,i
Intellect and conscience are convers.
ant with IDEAS, absolute truth aud abso-
lute right, as the norm Of conduct.--
with most men the affections are before
the intellect and the conscience, and the
affections want person. A great intel
lect embodies..a principle, good or bad,
and by the affections, men accept the
great intcllect, I, bad or good, and with him
1.-The principle he has get. But as the
affections ,are solarge IN us, how delight
lsful is il for us to see great man, honor
him, love him, reverence him, trust him!
Crowds Of men come 10 look upon a
hero's face, who arc all careless Of his
actions, and needless Of his thought;
they know not his what, nor his whence,
nor his whittier; his person passes for
reason, justice, and religion.
To,oIio a ntgn noIo ,1no &c tr,,sl,
and beauty, conscience to a principle OF
right, affection to man. They say tha,
women have the most Of this affection,
and so arc the most attachable, most
swayed by persons, least by ideas. Wo-
mems mind and confidence, and her soul,
they say, rush into her bosomy heart
But when a great mind comes, he is
wont to make women of usall, and take
us by the heart. Each great man. let
alone, will have an influence in proportion
to his strength Of mind and will, = the
good great man, the bad great man-for
as each particle Of matter has an attract
i've force which affects all other matter,
SO each particle Of mind and each great
man has an attractive force which attracts
all other mind. fsH
But, as we somewhat control our activ-
|ity, with progressive increase Of power
over matter and mind, so we ought TO
know if what we follow be real greatness,
or seeming greatness. and Of the real
greatness, if Il be good Or i'll; for men
ought not TO gravitale, passvely, drawn
by The bulk Of bigness, but consciously, !,
and freely TO follow great wisdom, justice,
love and faith in God. Hence II be-
comes exceedingly imPortant 10 study
the character Of great men, for they rep
resent, great social forces, for good or i'll.
Merchants watch the markets; they
know wha. ship brings corn, what hemp,
what coal, how much cotton there is al
New York or, New Orleans-how much
gold in the banks, They learn these
things, because they live by the market,
and seek 10 get money BY their trade.
Politicians wa.ch the turn Of the people,
and Of the coming vote, because they
live by the ballot box, and wish 10 gel
honor and office BY their skill. So, d
man who would guide men 10 wisdom,
justice, love, and piety, ohuman welfare;
lie must watch the great men, knowing
The quantity ofltruth, Of justice, Of love.
and faith, which there is in Calhoun,
Webster, Clay, because he is 10 live by
the Word Of God, and only asks, "Thy
Kingdom come." ''2s''''s '''''3s' ~. I
What great power is great mani
Aristotle rode on the top Of science for
two thousand years, till Blcon, charging
down from The vantage ground Of twenty
centuries, with giant spear, unhorsed the
Stagyrite, and mounted there himself
himself in turn 10 be unhorsed. Whal
an influence Sir Robert Peel and Wei
.linglon have had in England for the lasl
twenty OF thirty years! What a profound
influence had frederic i'd Germany, for
half cenlury!-Napoleon ia Europe for
the last half century! In America, il Is
above ali things necessary 10 study the
great men. y Their power is greater here
than elsewhere in Chrs,endom. Money