Fraser´s Scottish Annual, Vol. 1
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Excerpt from Fraser´s Scottish Annual, Vol. 1: A Literary and Historical Repository and Register of Events, Interesting to the Scot at Home and Abroad Great men are studied as patterns on which the lives of others may be more or less moulded. The facts of a great, a useful, an honorably successful life, are set as an example, and an inspiration to the young, and as a standard to those whose years have brought the enjoyment rather than the pursuit of life´s prizes. The elements of greatness - what are they? Blackie, wise as the Greeks who inspired him, has it: "A man is great amongst men, just as Mount Blanc is great among Swiss, or Ben Nevis among Scottish mountains; a man rising above the normal level of his kind, with as marked an elevation as these heights above the common reach of heaven-kissing hills, and at the same time possessing all the qualities and virtues that belong to terrestrial elevations generally." One does not tire of quoting Professor Blackie, so breezy, so fresh, and so full of suggestive wisdom. Thus, he adds, that a great man is essentially and broadly human, and achieves in the exercise of his one special talent the highest excellence, as Shakspeare did in the drama, only by the social atmosphere which he breathes, and the human sympathies which he cultivates. A great man must be deficient in no function that makes a man a man. The Scottish people, at home and abroad, have given many sons who, measured by this standard, have not been found wanting, and among them Sir Sandford Fleming, is a conspicuous figure. "The man and the moment" are the two things Matthew Arnold thinks to be necessary to secure great work. The time was propitious and the man did not fail in the case of Sir Sandford. When one casts but a cursory glance over his long career, the number and the magnitude of his undertakings seem marvellous, but when the details of that career have been unfolded, and the man behind them has been revealed, then wonder changes to admiration, for the greatness of the man, as well as of the work, has been discovered; and greatness, if it has found expression in word or deed, sooner or later receives the recognition and the homage it deserves. What Mr. Fleming found when he arrived in Canada, was a country in its beginnings - the resourceful man´s brightest opportunity. How he wrought in its development, contributed to its growth and greatness, and bore himself as one of its most notable citizens, will one day, no doubt, form the theme of a thrilling biography; here a great subject can only be very briefly outlined. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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