If, as James A. Garfield wrote, "The world's history is a divine poem, of which the history of every nation is a canto, and every man a word", then Garfield himself left an ineffaceable word of victory, of the triumph of truth over deception, upon the pages of the history of man. His approach was …
Tag: Magnanimity
An Open Mind
I've often been asked what it takes to keep an open mind and while I have no magic answer, I do feel that you can govern your heart and mind as a gracious host would his household. You've no doubt had the pleasure of visiting such a host whose penchant for hospitality made you feel …
Good Policy: Magnanimity
MAGNANIM'ITY, n. [L. magnanimitas; magnus, great, and animus, mind.] Greatness of mind; that elevation or dignity of soul, which encounters danger and trouble with tranquillity and firmness, which raises the possessor above revenge, and makes him delight in acts of benevolence, which makes him disdain injustice and meanness, and prompts him to sacrifice personal ease, …
Gregory Hake 