Chapter XII
Great Men's Bodies
"Every man may profit by the example of truly great men, if he is bent on making the most of himself and his circumstances. It is altogether a delusion to measure the greatness of men by the greatness of the stage on which they act."—Professor Blackie, in Self Culture.
"The heights by great men reached and kept,
Were not attained by sudden flight;
But they, while their companions slept,
Were toiling upward in the night."
—Longfellow.
"Every person has two educations, one which he receives from others; and one, more important, which he gives himself."
"Difficulties and conflicts are the school of heroic virtues."—Only by Struggle.
"The force of the understanding increases with the health of the body; when the body labors under disease, the mind is incapacitated for thinking."—Democritus.
"The nerve that never relaxes; the eye that never blanches; the thought that never wanders;—these are the masters of victory."—Burke.
We can make our lives sublime,
And, departing, leave behind us
Footprints on the sands of time."
—A Psalm of Life.
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