“Harvey was not content merely to gather knowledge; he digested and arranged it under the guidance of the faculties which compare and reason. ... Harvey appears to have possessed, in a remarkable degree, the power of persuading and conciliating those with whom he came in contact. In the whole course of his long life we hear nothing either of personal enemies or personal enmities ... one of the great men whom God, in virtue of his eternal laws, bids to appear on earth from time to time to enlighten, and to ennoble mankind.” MenLongReasonWholeEarthLawCoursesEnemyVirtueMankindDegreesEternalContactCompareGuidanceGreat MenRemarkableFacultyPossessedLong LifeEnlighteningEnmityHarveyPersuading Author:William Harvey
“The great men of the earth are but the marking-stones on the road of humanity; they are the priests of its religion.” MenEarthHumanityGreatnessStonesGreat MenPriests Book:Critical and literary Source: Critical and literary
“A great man is a gift, in some measure a revelation of God. A great man, living for high ends, is the divinest thing that can be seen on earth. The value and interest of history are derived chiefly from the lives and services of the eminent men whom it commemorates. Indeed, without these, there would be no such thing as history, and the progress of a nation would be little worth recording, as the march of a trading caravan across a desert.” MenLittlesEndsWould BeEarthValuesNationsInterestProgressGreatnessDesertRevelationsGreat MenMarchTradingCaravans Book:A Memorial of Daniel Webster: From the City of Boston Source: A Memorial of Daniel Webster: From the City of Boston