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1820–1901 Canada

Moses Harvey (21 March 1820 – 3 September 1901) was an Irish-born Newfoundland clergyman, essayist and naturalist. He is notable for his contributions to the fields of natural history and literature.

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Great men are not the mere products of the times in which they live, the epitome of their age, the creations of those formative currents of thought that are traversing the masses. Great men are the gifts of kind heaven to our poor world; instruments by which the Highest One works out His designs; light-radiators to give guidance and blessing to the travellers of time. Though far above us, they are felt to be our brothers; and their elevation shows us what vast possibilities are wrapped up in our common humanity. They beckon us up the gleaming heights to whose summits they have climbed. Their deeds are the woof of this world’s history.

Attributed Forty Thousand Quotations (1917)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Moses Harvey (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.