GREATNESS
 
Each century of recorded time
 
has produced a singularly
 
remarkable extraordinarily
 
prominent distinguished mind.
 
History abounds with those
 
who have earned the right to
 
grandeur, fame and eminence.
 
 
 
Whatever the field of endeavor
 
be it art, literature, science,
 
philosophy, politics, music,
 
religion or inventiveness,
 
we find the incredibly
 
towering genius of an
 
astonishingly immense and
 
enormously far-ranging mind
 
that has as its final achievement
 
permanently left the imprint
 
of human greatness
 
for all of man.
 
 
 
Will there be some amongst us now
 
that will take up the torch and follow
 
that very special road of a lifetime of
 
dedicated work, evoking great insight
 
together with amazing intellectual
 
discovery, to further advance the plight
 
of civilization as it continues to evolve
 
from where we now are
 
to somewhat a more advanced state.
 
Will future historians thus indicate
 
that such unique persons also deserve
 
to be categorized as, "Great".
 
 
 
HERBERT HOLZBAUER
 
© Spring 1997
 
 
Midi Title: Si Shui Nian Hua: composer unknown
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