Show when pat ence Is hard A man whose soul Is centered on a great ideal to which his life s work has been given chafes at the thought that he must be taken before seeing its realization says the spectator A man again of flery energy whose days h re been spent in conflicts may redouble his efforts at the prospect of their cessation and show an almost hysterical vitality in his osing cosing c years it is a commonplace of literature the men of the greatest power have tha least toleration tor petty triumphs the most abiding sense of the smallness of their task that line in memo nam which was one of the last utter ances of mr rt dea so little done so much to do as a cry on the lips of all who fix their eyes on the far horizon haste to justify themselves either to make practical some idea or to walk a little farther on the road Is the last infirmity of the strongest and best |