John McClellan Holmes, p. 208.
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In the whole range of human vision, nothing is more attractive than to see a young man full of promise and of hope, bending all his energies in the direction of truth and duty and God, his soul pervaded with the loftiest enthusiasm, and his life consecrated to the noblest ends. To be such a young man is to rival the noblest and best of men in heroic valor and Christian chivalry. Nay, to be such a young man is to be like Christ, the highest type, the most illustrious example of enthusiasm the world has ever seen.

— John McClellan Holmes on Enthusiasm

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "In the whole range of human vision, nothing is more attractive than to see a young man full of promise and of hope, bending all his energies in the direction of truth and duty and God, his soul pervaded with the loftiest enthusiasm, and his life consecrated to the noblest ends. To be such a young man is to rival the noblest and best of men in heroic valor and Christian chivalry. Nay, to be such a young man is to be like Christ, the highest type, the most illustrious example of enthusiasm the world has ever seen." in the context of "John McClellan Holmes, p. 208." to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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About John McClellan Holmes

John McClellan Holmes (January 22, 1834 - June 21, 1911), born in Livingston, Columbia, New York and buried in Hudson, Columbia, New York, was a Christian minister.