be somewhat like this pattern?--A man who was aware that he had vast
power, and yet used that power not for himself but for others; not
for ambition, but for doing good? Surely the man who used his power
for other people would be the greater-souled man, would he not? Let
us go on, then, to find out more of his likeness. Would he be stern,
or would he be tender? Would he be patient, or would he be fretful?
Would he be a man who stands fiercely on his own rights, or would he
be very careful of other men's rights, and very ready to waive his
own rights gracefully and generously? Would he be extreme to mark
what was done amiss against him, or would he be very patient when he
was wronged himself, though indignant enough if he saw others
wronged? Would he be one who easily lost his temper, and lost his
head, and could be thrown off his balance by one foolish man? Surely
not. He would be a man whom no fool, nor all fools together could
throw off his balance; a man who could not lose his temper, could not
lose his self-respect; a man who could bear with those who are
peevish, make allowances for those who are weak and ignorant, forgive
those who are insolent, and conquer those who are ungrateful, not by
punishment, but by fresh kindness, overcoming their evil by his
good.--A man, in short, whom no ill-usage without, and no ill-temper
within, could shake out of his even path of generosity and
benevolence. Is not that the truly magnanimous man; the great and
royal soul? Is not that the stamp of man whom we should admire, if
we met him on earth? Should we not reverence that man; esteem it an
honour and a pleasure to work under that man, to take him for our
teacher, our leader, in hopes that, by copying his example, our souls
might become great like his?

Is it so, my friends? Then know this, that in admiring that man, you
admire the likeness of God. In wishing to be like that man, you wish