HIS
SINCERITY
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a. "THE GREAT MAN'S SINCERITY IS OF THE KIND HE CANNOT SPEAK
OF: NAY, I SUPPOSE, HE IS
CONSCIOUS RATHER OF INSINCERITY;
FOR WHAT MAN CAN WALK ACCURATELY BY THE LAW OF TRUTH FOR ONE DAY?
NO, THE GREAT MAN DOES NOT BOAST HIMSELF SINCERE, FAR FROM
THAT; PERHAPS DOES NOT ASK
HIMSELF IF HE IS SO: I WOULD SAY RATHER, HIS SINCERITY DOES
NOT DEPEND ON HIMSELF: HE CANNOT
HELP BEING SINCERE!" Heros and Hero-Worship, p.59
b.
"A SILENT GREAT SOUL, HE WAS ONE OF THOSE WHO CANNOT BUT BE IN
EARNEST, WHOM NATURE
HERSELF HAS APPOINTED TO BE SINCERE. WHILE OTHERS WALK IN FORMULAS
AND HEARSAYS,
CONTENTED ENOUGH TO DWELL THERE, THIS MAN COULD NOT SCREEN HIMSELF IN
FORMULAS; HE WAS ALONE WITH HIS
OWN SOUL AND THE REALITY OF THINGS . . . SUCH
SINCERITY, AS WE NAMED IT, HAS IN
VERY TRUTH SOMETHING OF DIVINE. THE WORD OF SUCH A
MAN IS A VOICE DIRECT FROM
NATURE'S OWN HEART. MEN DO AND MUST LISTEN TO THAT AS TO
NOTHING ELSE, - - - ALL ELSE IS
WIND IN COMPARISON." Heros and Hero-Worship, p.71
In
his lengthy speech, Carlyle did not have the opportunity to inform
his audience about the sources of his
inferences. I may furnish just
one incident from the life of the Prophet. An incidence which
reflects the highest
degree of his sincerity in recording a Revelation in the Noble
Qur’ân even if it seems to
reprove him for some
natural and human zeal.
To Be Continued....
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