Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 November 1908 — An Age of Little Men? [ARTICLE]

An Age of Little Men?

A veteran observer in England recently echoed In sensational form the optimistic wall as to the decline of genius in this age. He says that he ■ms about him today no Gladstone, no Disraeli, no Falmerston, no Dickens, no Thackeray, only small men. This may be an old man's notion simply, and it may not be sad even If true. There are periods when a people lnsist upon idols. If wanted, idols may always be found. For one thing, public life has expanded Since Palmerston’s day. Perhaps half a dozen men are Bow doing what he alone did, what Disraeli did and what Gladstone did. The same genins is at work, but It Is not concentrated In a single bead. Civilization is progressing, and the individual movement may develop great force without bringing to the surface a remarkable leader.

Gray is “just as good” a color as white surely for Uncle Sam’s warships, since it is the color of granite and of several kinds of tough sand.

Anyway, there was a diplomatic “please be kind to Standard Oil” in tint bouquet Rockefeller threw on the give of the election.

A bet as to the subject of the next White House letter is as risky as betting on election.