I know of
no one who has attained to so much on this one point as Eugene
V. Debs, twice the Socialist candidate for president of the
United States. Mr. Debs reverences humanity. No appeal for help
is ever made to him in vain. No one receives from him an unkind
or censorious word. You cannot come into his presence without
being made sensible of his deep and kindly personal interest in
you. Every person, be he millionaire, grimy workingman, or toil
worn woman, receives the radiant warmth of a brotherly
affection that is sincere and true. No ragged child speaks to
him on the street without receiving instant and tender
recognition. Debs loves men. This has made him the leading
figure in a great movement, the beloved hero of a million
hearts, and will give him a deathless name. It is a great thing
to love men so and it is only achieved by thought. No thing can
make you great but thought.
“We may
divide thinkers into those who think for themselves and those
who think through others. The latter are the rule and the
former the exception. The first are original thinkers in a
double sense, and egotists in the noblest meaning of the word.”
-Sehopenhauer.
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