Great Men as Prophets of a New Era

"Great Men as Prophets of a New Era" by Newell Dwight Hillis

Great institutions are the shadows that great men cast across the centuries. These monumental men are able to have lasting effects on the world around them through their tenacity and passions. Dante in the Dark Ages, Savonarola, and the Renaissance of Conscience, William the Silent, and Brave Little Holland, Oliver Cromwell, and the Rise of Democracy in England, John Milton, the Scholar in Politics, John Wesley, and the Moral Awakening of the Common People, Garibaldi, the Idol of the New Italy, and John Ruskin, and the Diffusion of the Beautiful are honored here.