GREATNESS
My friend Jack Lee of Arcadia, California sent in this item from The Little Gazette: We who sit in history’s bleachers are inclined to confuse fame with greatness. We seem willing to let the press, television, and radio determine whom we shall call great. Prominence, however, is a poor yardstick with which to measure greatness. If one would know the truth he must pull the pedestal out from under the man and see what is left. Many of the men we place on pedestals would stand tall without the pedestal. And many whom we never think of in terms of pedestals deserve the accolade of greatness. It has been said that that nation is proudest and noblest and most exalted which has the greatest number of really great men and women — not just those whom it honors but also the “anonymous” great, the citizens who, in their little bailiwicks, live exemplary lives — the kind it would be wonderful if all of…
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