 | John Wilson - 1899 - 362 Seiten
...understand who have known them—when passion is dumb, and purest love maintains her whole dominion. The true test of a great man — that, at least, which...among the highest order of great men — is his having beon in advance of his age. In youth — that is to say, somewhere between the period of childhood... | |
 | Tryon Edwards - 1908 - 788 Seiten
...tells neither father nor mother of it." — Lavater. The true test of a great man — that, at l»';it. 908 — A contemplation of God's works, я generous concern for the good of mnukiud, and the unfeigned... | |
 | Samuel Gordon Heiskell - 1920 - 722 Seiten
...menace and frowns; and whose reliance on truth, on virtue, and on God, is most unfaltering." Brougham: "The true test of a great man — that, at least,...men — is, his having been in advance of his age." Addison: "A contemplation of God's works, a generous concern for the good of mankind, and the unfeigned... | |
 | Samuel Beckett - 1976 - 312 Seiten
...control. Early in the nineteenth century, English reformer and politician Henry Brougham observed, "The true test of a great man — that, at least,...place among the highest order of great men — is having been in advance of his age." Moral heroes often see farther. They persist and cannot be budged.... | |
 | Samuel Beckett - 1976 - 312 Seiten
...century, English reformer and politician Henry Brougham observed, "The true test of a great man—that, at least, which must secure his place among the highest order of great men—is having been in advance of his age." Moral heroes often see farther. They persist and cannot... | |
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The true test of a great man — that, at least, which must secure his place among the highest order of great men — is his having been. in advance of his age. 
