Excerpt from Peter and Susan Lesley
In reviewing some lives, we seem to traverse dreary wastes of sand: in others, we are exploring gold mines and diamond fields.
The nineteenth century yielded a rich product of good men and women: death and heaven are still gathering the glorious harvest. The younger generation - so soon in its turn to become the elder - will be impoverished so far as it misses the knowledge and inspiration of such a record. For the best lives, whether great or humble,
" ... All remind us
We can make our lives sublime."
They reprove our neglect, shame our cowardice and sloth, exalt our ideals, and encourage our aspirations. And all just praise to those who have lived wisely and well is really praise to Him from whom cometh every good and perfect gift.
On the 4th of June last, some of us stood in awe around the silent form of Peter Lesley. Rarely have I seen a nobler face in flesh or in marble. We do not talk of any man we have known as perfect.
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