There is a loftier ambition than merely to stand high in the world. It is to stoop down and lift mankind a little higher. There is a nobler character than that which is merely incorruptible. It is the character which acts as an antidote and preventive of corruption.

Henry Van Dyke (1852–1933) American clergyman and writer

“Salt,” Baccalaureate Sermon, Harvard University (19 Jun 1898)
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