St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1864-06-30
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Follies Of Great Men.

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When looking at<the bright sun, one sci
dom sees or even thinks of the dark spots
upon is surface: ARis. great glory ilispels
every thought than that of his greatness.
So it is with men When they are great
theirzvery greatness covers their defects.
We are dazzlel BY the brilliancy Of one
great quality which oyerssh aaews and hides
all others. Ne mad can be said TO be great
in all things. Each one has his speciality.
Some are great III. one thing some III an
other, Some excel in oratoory, some in
mechanism, and others in diplomacy. But
alllhAve their weaknesses, their follies and
foibles.a Their. greatness IS always attend
ed-by erresponaip Nc littleness-eh childish
might say hicb is soyershadcv-.
ed and hidden by that greatness, that. it is
pftea s 4, notissd The following e1-
amples will illustrate our meaning: :!
Tyco Brahe, the astronomer, who has
perhaps done more for the. science of as
tronony than any other man, who sought
to unravef the. mysteries of heaven itself,
.s's,,.angsa caieriabd shook vithssar whenshe
met hare or fox. Dr.. johnson would
heyer: enter room with his. left foot first;
if .by.ehance it did get in first, he would
retreat ;. and put the right foremost. One
would have expected more from q man who
HIS Said SO taaihn55 cseasikle- things as De.
johnson julius Caesar was almost con-
yulsed with fear at the sound of thunder,
and would run around trantically in search
of cellar or hole in the ground where lie
could escape the sound. 20 Queen Ehse-
beth the ut,erance Of the simple word
.'death' was full Of horror, and even Tai
lyrand, who lived in such bloody times
one might say in the harvest time Of death
treaibied Ind Changed color when tie
word was spoken
Marshal 5Sa1ce, who met and overthrow
armies, aed and screamed in terror at the
sight Of cat. Peter the Great could new
er be- persuaded to cross bridge, and
though he strove to overcome the weak
ness, yet failed to do so. Whenever he set
foot on one, he would shrek out in distress
and agony.
Byron would never help any one TO salt
ut the table, nor would he be Helped him
self. If any arheAe of food happened to
be spilled on the table, he would rise and
leave his meal hn6nisheds
The story Of he crest Frcnshn.an Male
branche is curious We'll authenticated.
He fancied he carried an, er orhous leg Of
mutton on the top. Of his nose, No .ne
could convince lin sof .tbeS contrary. One
day gentleman !. who rsasayisiting him
adopted the following plan to cure him Of
lie folly: ne approached Malebrahche
with the intention Of embracing him, when
he suddenly exclaimed, ..Ha { your lee, q
e mutton has hit me in The face I. at which
, 4slLaalebra4chs EXPRESSED much regret tn.
friend asked him .s.if he should remove il
with q razor ~ ...Ah, my /. ftiepds i owe
you more $thfa life,. Yes, yes, BY III. means
cut it OFF, IN twinkling the frieud5cut
the tip Of Melebranche's q nose and adroit..
| y taking If:on under his acloak alegaoi
mutton, rl4i,sl5it intriunph. q. All i!!oscrisd
Mslebranche, 1liyeli I breathe! J.. I an -
saved Ms, nose is free my head i i
free but-butss-it3 was raw and that !!
cooked ~ t.Trnly, but then you havei Beer
sitting near the IRE that 'inust beth,
reason. !. \ Mllalsbranche. the philosopher
was satisfied, and thenceforth made ~
morea complaint about q mutton leg or,an,
other r'totrdbsrane,s being stitsshed q ii.
nose. !. 81. 4 81