Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-31
The World and All
MORE E MEN
BY Charles P. Driscoll

The discussion Of great persons, growing out Of ny
reporting Of a conversation on this subject { few weeks
ago, is becoming more int / have received
many letters naming L~indbergh, Edison and Ford as
the greatest living persons. But | have also q few
letters that suggest that perhaps the greatest living
person is not a famous man. There is food for thought
in the idea.
Ida F. Hilligoss, Santa Ana, California, writes
that her husband, 7. II. c. Hilligoss, Is the greatest
living man. She doesn't say what are the attributes
that make him supreme among the eartb's great, but
she says, Il know She mentions proudly that her
husband IS a descendant Of the first treasurer Of the
United States, who served under President Washington.
have no means Of knowing whether the lady from
Santa Ana has the correct data about the worlds great
est man, but ! certainly respect her opinion. And |
congratulate her husband. II he isn't exactly the great
est man IN the world, he may at least rest assured that
he Is one Of the most fortunate.
La Leta Ashwell, Fall River, Kan, dominates Ar
thur Capper. well known Kansas senator and publish
er, for first place among the great. HE stands for
everything honorable and right" she saws.
! said in this eolmn recently that / was going 70
keep out Of politics. Since the political conventions
are coming on, and Senator Capper's name usually u
mentioned as suitable for presidential or vice presi-
Dental hoFors at the republican conventions. I wont
go further than to say that he, too, is a mighty lucky
man. ! Know the compliment conferred by the lady
from Fan River will not swell the senator's head. In
deed, these expressions Of whole-souled admiration
usually make a man feel almost perfectly humble. /
THINK 4 know Just how humble the senator viii feel
when ne reads that one Of the citizens u HI home
state thinks him the greatest living human being. and
says that ne stands for everything onorable and right.
someone who signs the initials A. E. T. writes from,
sulphur Springs, Ark, suggesting that Evangelist John
z Brown, who is president Of a school there. il the
greatest man IN the world. He is devotinQ his life "a
ne boys and girls and improving educational standards
~ Arkansas. Now, ! never heard Of this Mr.. Brown
before but that is not evidence that my corresnonde,r
may not be on the right track. The greatest living ner.
son may be in the mountains of Arkansas or in N,
prairie regions Of Canada. l think that anyone is great
VINO is lovingly enshrined in one human heart.
4 used TO believe that Longfellow " j GREAT ".
mat the League Of Nations was the only force TIA.
could keep the world from immediate destruction. -.
discharge Of explosives caused rain on the Fourth 81
SuIy' that muhonaires were all crooks. that ostricbes
mae their heads IN the sand, and that the Bible said
spare the rod and spoil the child
IF All these beliefs | have been disiIIusiopsd c..
~ them were hard 70 shake off. Others vanished while
1 slept. ~
but ! now believe that 4 person who doe. ra.
enangc MS ideas and opinions as he lives from year u
year Is an insensate and uuteachable stone. NAV
change this belief if l live a century and become story
and insensate.