Show IMPERFECTION IN LEADERS The enforced retirement of Sir Charles Dilke from prominence and expected leadership in the Liberal party part in Great Britain some twenty years year or 01 less deprived the party of the services of the thc ablest young Joung man that participation in its ita counsels ami contests had brought into prominence in it it A divorce orce trial discredited him bim with Mr Gladstone and und at that time Gladstone's word was law and gospel to the party The whole incident is instructive tive tire and it teaches more than one lesson Jesson How Bow true it is that great abilities often orten are conjoined with imperious passions Cicero's definition of had hid three elements cements Natura gC genius 1 ipsa s-alere s n a a strong imperious nature 2 mentis ex ex- citari citari capability for great mental enthusiasms and efforts 3 et i divino and to be inspired and anim animated ted by a sort of divine spirit Of the three elements sometimes one energizes energizes ener encl izes and controls sometimes another And so i I anomalous man the time son Bon of his father God but no less of his lila mother Nature And as the Sliest weeds grow in the time strongest soil soB so also the tw native natie energies which designate and qualify the heaven born leader and uplift him to his destined place and function too often find incongruous and grotesque employment at the incitation and command com corn mand of lust But should the leader be discarded on that account and be replaced by a man less able of mind and heart but correct and more conventional conventional conven conven- in behavior Something could be said to the affirmative and something to the negative of that question The Romans no Homans-no no mean authority on world leadership made leadership made it a maxim for those entrusted entrusted en en- trusted with a great groat empires empire's aff affairs irs bo hoe hoo age rIo age do this Squander and dissipate no energy on aught else Furthermore a noble self mastery naturally wins the tile confidence respect and affection of ones one's followers Something in human nature makes us usall usall all say my with Hamlet Give me that man who is iR not passions passion's slave and I will win wear him bim in my hearts heart's core aye in my heart henrt of hearts Our leaders leaders lead lead- ers er's must be servants of us of our cause cause not their G n passions Bu But Buton on on the time other hand why was Israels Israel's wisest king the ed Why was Russia's greatest empress the lustiest Would it have been heen wise to have bave e exchanged changed them both for fir rulers of or better private atc behavior ba And lastly lasty who Ire are wo we ourselves who demand impeccability in our 11 leaders Why by not import an angel from tile the skies Would Voul w we follow him more cheerfully an ani loyally |