The Investment of Influence: a Study of Social Sympathy And Service
The Investment of Influence: a Study of Social Sympathy And Service
Hillis Newell Dwight
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It was dawn after darkness. Constantinople had fallen 224 Digitized by Google The Strategic Element in Opportunity. and scholars laden with manuscripts went forth to sow Europe with the new learning. The times were fully ripe for another great forward movement for society. Only one thing was lacking — great men for leaders. In that strategic crisis six leaders appeared. God gave each wing of the army of civilization a genius for its general. Copernicus over- threw superstition and brought in sc...ience; Luther gave religion, Gutenberg the printing- press, Calvin individualism, Michael Angelo art and the beautiful, Erasmus critical scholar- ship; and because the old world was filled with debris, and the new ideas needed room, Colum- bus gave the new world, offering what Emerson calls '*the last opportunity of Providence for the human race." Surely this was a strat- egic moment in history, giving each citizen unique opportunity. The strategic element enters into the indi- vidual career. Destiny is determined by our use of our critical hours.
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