Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-02-09
THEY LEFT THEIR IMPRESS.
Twenty Most Influential Men Of His
tory,

tory.
There have been recently printed in
the daily papers several lists Of the
twenty greatest men.
Just what constitutes a great man Is
hard to define. Probably If we could
know men as they really are some OF
"the last would be first" The age he
lives In, favorable circumstances, and
even pure luck has much to do with
a mans fame.
But It Is not so difficult to make an
other kind of test. The effect any
man produces upon the thought, feel
Ing, and action of the race is not hard
to determine.
WHO, then, are the twenty men who
have had the greatest influence upon
humanity.
Jesus. In the remote past religious
tders had most to do with mould
ing the people, because then the peo-
Piles activities were more largely CIV
en- form by their religious belief. Firs'
Of all, not merely in a religious sense
but judged by its influence upon gov
ernment, art, letters, and the common
life, the one who has unquestionably
produced profounder and more far
reaching changes in humanity than
any other man Is Jesus.
Moses. With Jesus we must place
Moses, who gave the world that sys'
oI, ott l.
zation, as we'll as the fundamental
ideas of law. The Ten Command
ments are without parallel in their ef-
feet upon the life Of the race.
Buddha. The great religious re-
former of the east has affected the
mode of existence and the thought OF
many millions, through many gener-
ations.
Mohammed. The Arabian prophet.
whose law still binds myriads OF
souls, cannot be omitted.
Luther. The last great religionist
in our catalogue Is Martin Luther, the
central figure in the great intellectu-
al and moral awakening Of Europe.
Caesar. Next to Jesus and Buddha
the man who laid his hand most
powerfully upon succeeding genera
lions was Julius Caesar. The largest
branch of the Christian church adopt
ed his ideas Of government, and his
theory Of empire prevails In the old
er nations of the world to this day.
The very words emperor, kaiser and
car indicate the lasting nature or MS
influence.
Michael Angelo, who, with Rafael,
represents the renaissance In art at
its eliminating point.
Socrates, the father Of philosophy,
the greatest Of thinkers.
Columbus. Who can estimate the
effect of the discovery Of America up
on the destiny Of the race?
Gutenberg, the inventor OF print
ing from movable type.
Roger Bacon, who may fairly be
called the father of modern science.
Schwarz II 1t be true that this Ger
man monk was the inventor OF gun
powder. This one substance render
ed all former Notifications useless, and
altered the architecture Of the world.
Copernicus, to whose discoveries are
traceable the modern idea Of the uni
verse. Kepler and Newton stand near
him In importance.
Watt, who IL he did not invent the
steam engine. gave 1t its first practi-
cal application.
Morse, inventor VI tne teiSSi op.i
alphabet now In use and Identified
with the first introduction Of telegra-
ply.
Stevenson, who introduced the
steam locomotive and may be called
the father Of railways.
Pell, the inventor Of the telephone.
Pestalozzi to whose work may be
traced the seed-ideas Of modern edu-
cation.
Rousseau. The most tremendous
modern fact is democracy. Perhaps
no man could be found to whose writ
ings the rise of democratic ideas may
be better attributed than j. ]. Ros-
seau.
Beethoven. This may close with
the name Of the man in whose works
music as the modern minds under
stands 1t, reached its supreme devel-
opment-Dr. Frank Crane In Atlanta
Journal.