Francis Herbert Hedge

Francis Herbert Hedge
man
Every man is his own ancestor, and every man his own heir. He devises his own fortune, and he inherits his own past.
good nature sympathy
Sympathy with nature is part of a good person's religion.
commands faculty highly
Talent is a faculty that is highly developed, but genius commands all the faculties.
What we need most, is not so much to realize the ideal as to idealize the real.