WHY GRANT WAS GREAT.

Marlborough Express, Volume XXVII, Issue 2, 3 January 1891, Page 3

WHY GRANT WAS GREAT.

« DUE KECOGNITION {WHEN' TRUE MERIT IS ONCE ESTABLISHED. Was Grant a great General ? Conceded. What made him so ? When U. S. Grant was hauling cordwood into St. Louis, his neighbours did not imegine he would become the famous man of his generation. When he was managing the little tannery m Galena no one of- his intimates recognised m him a future hero ; but he displayed qualities which should have satisfied them he was no common man. What was there about him ? If you start to build a single-> story shanty, you pay little attention to the foundation ; you may lay stringers m the sand with lktle fear tbe building will fall. But if you- propose erecting a 10-story block, your architect will tell you you must go to the rock for the basis of your foundation, or the stately structure is liable to tumble about your ears. The foundation of a great man is moral foree — character : this the jock foundation. The shiftless men lacks it ; he never succeeds. Grant never used an oath — a sure indication of moral character. He never told or listened to, if. he could help it, a vulgar story ; this showed peculiar moral fibre, an unusual strength of character. He was a man of opinions — as his wife said was obstinate ; m other words, he had will- . power, force. These qualities, with good judgment, well balanced mental powers, and peculiar executive ability, supplemented by a military education, fitted bim for the emergency when it came. As soon ; as his merits became known, success was . assured. This is always the case with i things as witbwnen. Mr W. Bradley, Survey- ! or, of Dimboola, Victoria, writes under date > of 22nd August, 1870 : — " I have suffered . for some three years from disorder of the I liver and urinary organs and kidney disease. i I had such pains m the region of the heart , as led me to believe that there was an i organic affection of that organ. All these i symptoms (were removed after using i Warner's aafe cure, of which I took three I bottles, which made suoh an improvement . m my health that I was soon restored." i Mr. Win. Sibba'd, a gentleman who has c resided for the past thirty years m the , Gippsland District, has favored us with the ) subjoined testimony. Balgonie, Stratford, : Victoria, April 20th, 1890.—" The middle ? of last year when exposed to the wet I I caught cold whichgterminated m rheumatic J fever. My illness, took such a serious turn , that high fever set m followed by shiveri ing and constant sweats. For nine weeks E I was confined to my bed, m a state of com- . plete helplessness, and the slightest movet ment caused exquisite torture. My limbs became swollen and inflamed, and. I lost the use of my right hand and left foot. _ Ex- . periencing no relief from other medicines prescribed, Warner's safe rheumatio cure was given tp me alternately with Warner's ! safe cure, when a decided improvements my condition . toQk place. With the third, bottle, tbe stiffness of my band and. foo

was removed. In all I took 10 or 12 bottles and a few viala of safe pills. My suffering which was of an 'intense nature, has entirely ceased, and I am truly grateful for restoration to health, which I owe to Warner's safe remedies." The test of merit is the accomplishment of the matter m hand. The best is that which is most certain.