The first test of a great man (John Ruskin)

   I believe that the first test of a great man is his humility.  I don’t mean by humility, doubt of his power.  But really great men have a curious feeling that the greatness is not of them, but through them.  And they see something divine in every other man, and are endlessly, foolishly, incredibly merciful…  

--John Ruskin 

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