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truth when others were misled by appearances: his judgment was seldom or never wrong. lie was at once the ablest statesman and the best soldier of the period.

Where did he, a comparatively unlearned man, get this wisdom? It was not due to some peculiar formation of his skull or to sonic fineness of texture of his brain. It was not due to sonic physical characteristic. It was not even a quality of mind due to superior reasoning power. Knowledge of truth is not often reached by the processes of reason. It was due to a spiritual insight. lie perceived truth, but where did he perceive it and whence did the perception come? We see something similar in Washington, whose faith and courage. due to his perception of truth, held the colonies together during the long and often apparently hopeless struggle of the Revolution. We see something of the same thing in the phenomenal genius of Napoleon, who always knew, in military matters, the best means to adopt. We see that the greatness of Napoleon was in nature rather than in Napoleon. and we discover back of Washington and Lincoln something greater than either Washington or Lincoln. We see the same thing in all great men and women. They perceive truth; but truth cannot be perceived until it exists; and there can be no truth until

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