Autumn leaves . w thenwhich way to go; and thats just as we are fortunate it is that one man cannot look intothe brains of another; if he could, adieu to popu-larity and fame for superhuman qualities. Howlucky one cannot look into anothers heart; if hecould, where then would be the confidence and sub-serviency of a party underling and tool ? Well, therehave been great men; but not so personally grandas poets and chroniclers have made them in orderto comply with the exigency of rhyme and the in-terest of history. There have been good men, butnot all of them so good but that others co
Autumn leaves . w thenwhich way to go; and thats just as we are fortunate it is that one man cannot look intothe brains of another; if he could, adieu to popu-larity and fame for superhuman qualities. Howlucky one cannot look into anothers heart; if hecould, where then would be the confidence and sub-serviency of a party underling and tool ? Well, therehave been great men; but not so personally grandas poets and chroniclers have made them in orderto comply with the exigency of rhyme and the in-terest of history. There have been good men, butnot all of them so good but that others could equalthem if they had a mind to try it. The memory isthe most good-natured of the faculties, and kindlybecomes a sieve to the defects, and a mirror to theshining qualities of the great and good who havepreceded us. As to the hidden structure of mensminds, the differences are probably about the sameas in the exterior shapes and dimensions of theirbodies; so that there are few giants and no demi-gods on
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