God gives each nation only a few men of supreme talent.

Gives it, for greatness is not made; it is found as is the gold.

Gold cannot be made out of mud; it is uncovered.

And God gives each generation a few men of the first order; and when they have created truth and beauty they have the right while they live to kindness and sympathy, not harshness and cynicism.

No youth winning the first goal of his ambition was ever injured by knowing that his father's face did not flush with pride, while his mother's eyes were filled with happy tears, in joy of his first victory.