WHY GRANT WAS GREAT.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2148, 10 January 1891, Page 1

WHY GRANT WAS GREAT.

DUE RECOGNITION WHEN TRUE MERIT IS ONCE ESTABLISHED.

Waa Grant a groat General I Conceded. What made him so 1. When TL. S. Grant waa hauling cord wood into St. Louis, his neigboura did not imagine .be would become the famous man of bis geoeralion. When he was managing the little tannery in Galena no one of his intimates rtcogaiaed in hira.a future hero ;.ibut displayed qualities which should have satisfied them ha was no common man. What was there about him! If you start to build a single-storey shanty, you pay little . attention to the foundation ; you may lay stringers in tha ,Band wjtb little fear the building will fall. But. if, you propose erecting a 10-storey , block, your architect will tell job you must go to the rock fer the basis of your foundation, or The stately structure is to., tumble about your ears. TbtT foundation great man is moral fores—character : this is the rock foundation. The shiftless man lacks it; he never succeeds. Grant never used an oath—a sure indication of moral character. He never told or listened to, if he could help it, a vulgar story; this showed peculiar moral fibre, an unusual strength of character. Ho was a mao of opinions—a» bis wife said, irn obstinate; in other words,be had will-power force. These qualities, with good judgement, well advanced mental powers, and peculiar executive ability, supplemented by a military education, fitted him fer the ! emergency when it oarne. As soon as ; his merits became known, sncceas was assured. This is always the case with things as with men. Mr. W, Bradley, Surveyor, of Dimboo'a, Victoria, writes under date of 22ad August, 1890; —“I have suffered for soma three years from disorder of the liver and urinary organs and kidney disease, I bad such pains in the regions of the heart as led mo to believe that there was an organic affoetion of that organ. All these symptoms were removed by using Werner’s safe cure, of which I took three bottles, which made snob an iuprovement in my health that 1 was soon restored.’’ Mr. Wm, Sibbald, a gentleman who has resided for the past thirty years in the Gippsland District, has favored us with the subjoined testimony. Btlgonie, Stratford, Victoria, April 20ib, 1890. “The middle of last year, when exposed to the wet, 1 caught cold which terminated in rheumatic fevar, My illness took such a serious turn that high fever set in followed by shivering and constant sweats For nine weeks 1 was confined to my bad, in a state of comp’eta helplessness, and the slightest movemeot caused exquisite torture. My limbs became swollen and inflamed, and I lost the use of my right band and left foot. Experiencing no relief from other medicines prescribed, . Warner’s safe rheumatic cure was given to me alternately with Warner's safe cure, when a. decided improvement in toy condition took place. With the third bettle the stiffness of ray band and foot was removed. In all 1 took 10 or 12 bottles end a few vials of safe pills. My suffering, which was of an intense nature, baa entirely ceased, and I am truly grateful for restoration to health, which 1 owe to Warner's safe remedies.” The teat of merit is the accomplithment of the matter in hand. Tha best is that which is most certain.