Excerpt from The Spiritual Significance of Modern Socialism It is characteristic of all great men, such world-figures as Jesus, Savonarola, Luther, Lincoln, Marx, and many others in the unnumbered host of the truly great, that they may be approached and studied from many different viewpoints with peculiar justice and advantage. Indeed, it is perhaps the best test of greatness we have, this many-sidedness which compels criticism and appreciation from minds of varied temperaments and interests. The life of a great man is like a diamond that is cut with many facets, from any one of which the beauty of the stone may be seen and appreciated. All the facets cannot be seen at once, just as no one vision of a great life comprehends all its sides. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.