"When a man raises himself from the lowest condition in society to the highest, mankind pay him the tribute of their admiration; when he ac-complishes this elevation by native energy, guid-ed by prudence and wisdom, their admiration is increased; but when his course, onward and up-ward, excellent in itself, furthermore proves a possible, what had hitherto been regarded as an impossible, reform, then he becomes a burning and a shining light, on which...