Today was the funeral for Stan "The Man" Musial, the greatest St. Louis Cardinal of all time and a wonderful human being (as well as a faithful Catholic who attended daily Mass). While reading one of the stories concerning his funeral, I came across this quote:
Grandson Andrew Edmonds said the public Musial was no different from the
private Musial, the grandpa who bought McDonalds for the family every
Sunday. He recalled a fan telling him, "Your grandpa's best attribute is
he made nobodies feel like somebodies."
Which reminded me of this passage from Chesterton's book Charles Dickens (1906):
One of the actual and certain
consequences of the idea that all men are equal is immediately to produce very
great men. I would say superior men, only that the hero thinks of himself as
great, but not as superior. This has been hidden from us of late by a foolish
worship of sinister and exceptional men, men without comrade-ship, or any
infectious virtue. This type of Cæsar does exist. There is a great man
who makes every man feel small. But the real great man is the man who makes
every man feel great.
R.I.P. Stan Musial
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