The Individual by William Thomas Stead

Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · May 24, 1910

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 37, No. 20.

The Individual

By William Thomas Stead

ALMOST everything depends upon the personality of the individual, and comparatively little upon his station. Given sufficient fiery earnestness in the heart and soul of man or woman, that quality outweighs all others. Over and over again I have found in my travels that the real center of momentum was not where it seemed to be—among the highly placed and wealthy. It was to be found in the heart of the man or woman of those who are in dead earnest, who are ready to take no end of trouble, to sacrifice their own means however scanty, their own leisure, and their own convenience, in order to secure the triumph of their cause.—W. T. Stead.