The men of ambition replied it was the vase of gold; the poets and conquerors, the amber one; the sages that it was the empty vase, because a single letter of the name God weighs more than the entire globe.

We are of the opinion of the sages.

We believe the greatest things are great but in the proportion of divinity they contain.
"Although genius always commands admiration," says Smiles, "character most secures respect.

The former is more the product of brain-power, the latter of heart-power; and in the long run it is the heart that rules in life.

Men of genius stand to society in the relation of its intellect, as men of character of its conscience; and while the former are admired, the latter are followed.
"Commonplace though it may appear, this doing of one's duty embodies the highest ideal of life and character.