Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-10-29

Whit is The prupvrtoo o .hG Worlds men,
tai work etf;rme3 ~ 4ral .ccu is oue OF thoss
useful cid tc pics # cJo;rGVers7 thas will prooa'
Div never wea- gu 20 lang IS meu differ IN d.
nensons. A'iepp'- asve often been male 10
prove that smai Il i;a 5sTs hsea TOO most active
spd successfui b aia wprk=rs. and thu explana'
tion of tho pbeuomeuou supposed to have been
established ia fouod 10 the assumption that
small mel ere not fitted FIR muscular pursuits,
and arc driven therefore to meDtal ones. lt
gould oe easy to show thst the assumption IS
absurbed, end that there is no re,s1n to sup
pose that any man ever adopted literary OF
mental pursuits Of suy kind from any such
cpusc, Usually. Indeed, the career OF lite is
adop,ed long nefyre i; could be predicted With
eny certainty that the gr9wo mau would be so
far uod.rsized S. to unGt him tor any c'reer he
miaht choose. The eXplsnatlop Is probably as
erounGless as the tsci OF snail men balnE ex-
cep,ioueil; gwen 10 hraio wo!k. Ii II We're
nossjhla t, gsuss mar:al rc'ilevemeGtH sccu-
rstely, aad to Weigh scd massure every 0ra!n.
worker, It would, Tor ell that hss ever been
shown 10 the contrary DO found that the num-
her Of small nen w&o stand prominent 10 any
gs7 whatever would wi:h regard to the rest
of The world, be just about 10 the pro.
norton that the smaIi man generall
stand TO al oibers-that 10 ez', 10 tact, had not
much 10 do With tie matter either one way or
rhs Other o. course large rum5er OF men,
eminent 10 every sphere OF greatness, nave ocen
small. Diyden WAS very snail II person, ana
by ono of his c1ntenprrs!les was haollualy
nckpamed Poet Sqlsh, while apother called
him Little Bays Pops was lit,ie bstter
than dsaIf. and Keats was very underslzsd.
Voltsire y1s another little mac, and Scarron
zpas uont 20 apeek Of himself as 40 sbrdement
of hnman niserics in reference to bis small stat
u1e, Sir Joshua Reynolds was smai aud so
vss Taodyke. Ti!ian W,s a0osbor very little
nainter. and smopg musicians Mozart ussd
occasionally to sign himself Mozart Magnus.
eornofs psrVo. Nor hav0 small great men been
founG exclusively auoug the intellectual, even
in modern times Nelson w.5 small man
among modern heroes. Napoleon was 'httla
cornorai" though our E1giSb prejudice against
him sppesri to have considerably dlmlnlsneo
hia nrouortions He 1as cartsinly not big man.
however, he was q9ite CONSCIOUS OF It. Mos'
nersoos have hesrc the story 0t hIs bali Dltter
rep!y to one who stepped up TO put BOOK on
the shelf be vas struggling 70 reaca. termlt
me sir" ssid tho attendant, u ap bigger
(pIus eraud) than your Majesty "Pieass to
ssV you ere longer. rSluTieu Napueou'
Many little men have uud uoledly been very
keepIy conscious of their shortcomings: rope
VAS en- bistered By it and si~ays chsfed under
the signtest sllusion to MS size. Montague, 8
small thick set square built man, was another
who felt mis- want of dignity of appearance so
painfui7 that it had bssn saii he Kept 10 MS
house more tnsn he otherwise would have done.
| II i. such = sensltiTeness. whea IL eElsts-~ncn
| ia not moro com fion in small nen than IT is IN
biz ones who happen to have sny lnhrmity
which puts taen a. a Disadvantage comoareo
| with these acCuud-.hst is resliy tae chief mis-,
fortune of being undersiz9d. It converts Wha'
| ia really very unlmpostsnt matter into q seri,
| ous sfl ,ction. The little man VINO /: endowed
with . ,epse of tu nor snd capab!lity OF enjoy,
inv Joke st his own expense armed nom neaa
To foot against most OF the disadvantages OF cor
noresl iItleaess, and if he will ooly exercise the
good sense not to offer airnsett a. special con-
gable or 10 seek eurQllment in tall rit1s corps,
or in sny other way to put his puny proportions
| into ludlcrous contrast with those 10 Wnom ma
| ture has given more bulk, he will no: usualiy
And that his personal proportions are OF mucn
intersst to anybody and that with i've teet
| nothing lie can got through the world on tue
| whole, lust aaou. as comtorisb!e a. otaers can
| with = foot or so more London GLOBE.