Greatness and Goodness.
;| .Mofl mo'A ir,Ai:<y;-A.:&i\ll-? "-voirO. «?:«! van" j : . Tal^e goodness; with theTaverageintel-' | jlectaal power, and compare it wi& jmc rja greatness of intellect and social stanrnng, 'and it iajfiue the miNer qaality^an^ ifp&od should offer me one of them, I wouwnot ibmH» te iwh«* F toj).«hoosea Nofthegreftest intellect which God ever bestowed I would- ; not touch if I were bid^toichoose between that and the goodness of an average Hwoman ; J wqulj woroeg f«4*W Q_re it to Lucifer ? give me the better gift. When I say goodness is greater c; thaujgTeßfnessv I mean to say it gives a deeper ond sggiier joy in the private heMj^tnJ men more tenderly to one another, ana jfcore S^JTJSißi__Fs4Sfe ta-__%l2«^MhA%B JX^^flWfllSte; understanding, which learns sr>ecial ; Jaw& and works i¥^eiaWf that masters things for use ahOeaflS'T ttfcttfaa mirabal'^mionf o?^ r ffi|_i or^ifcfmM n y£. I once coveted sueh w pw«#nrajr am not wholly t^^m^^^mmSf%smpi^ I see its me. I hope lam not igno\toVof the joys of science and lettera^^amjnot of the pursuit of these. I bow reverently . tefor©th&kriih i6*g^it»7S!Jd'Mtfglad& at their feet. Bat the mtiWt&Wm gstice and does it, who kriewsT&Vfta^itffci it, who has a great faith and! toasts in M&krr let him have a mu^^mJifcp J^^ofc^ahd - culture quite as littl«vx musfjet \_finor; and reverence ' who has the greatest power of^te|jeet» I know that knotdedge "v p^ revereo^at(^fTqu4Bi jhsticM W ;j%y h^ejb power, uj^vyi^^i^ rehgion is a ujvmeijJower^e^^tter than the mightiesrynn_^ B^^_lodQre : Parker,'.. u/i^it^S.^Kl';^: .'.:'
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Clutha Leader, Volume I, Issue 37, 25 March 1875, Page 3
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239Greatness and Goodness. Clutha Leader, Volume I, Issue 37, 25 March 1875, Page 3
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