He wished to avoid the tedium of monotonous dialogues:
Stewart was pleased with Buckle’s adage, but he did not let its implicit guidance dictate his conversations. Buckle said, in his dogmatic way: “Men and women range themselves into three classes or orders of intelligence you can tell the lowest class by their habit of always talking about persons the next by the fact that their habit is always to converse about things the highest by their preference for the discussion of ideas.” His thoughts and conversation were always on a high level, and I recollect a saying of his, which not only greatly impressed me at the time, but which I have ever since cherished as a test of the mental calibre of friends and acquaintances. Boldface has been added to excerpts: 1901, Haud Immemor: Reminiscences of Legal and Social Life in Edinburgh and London 1850-1900 by Charles Stewart, Quote, William Blackwood & Sons, Edinburgh and London. As a child in London, Stewart listened to the conversation of dinner guests such as history scholar Henry Thomas Buckle who would sometimes discourse engagingly for twenty minutes on a topic. Quote Investigator: The earliest strong match known to QI appeared in a 1901 autobiography by Charles Stewart. Similar statements have been ascribed to philosopher Socrates and U.S. The words are attributed to social activist and former First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt, but I have been unable to find a solid supporting citation. Great minds discuss ideas average minds discuss events small minds discuss people. Rickover? Anonymous?ĭear Quote Investigator: The following adage is largely used to deride people who are preoccupied with gossip: In partnership with Carleton University's Future of Journalism Initiative and journalism schools across Canada, Maclean's is striving to capture the richness of each life lost in elegant obituaries.Eleanor Roosevelt? Charles Stewart? Henry Thomas Buckle? James H. Our goal: to pay tribute to everyone who has died of COVID-19 in Canada, and every Canadian who has died of the disease abroad. They Were Loved is an obituary project to commemorate thousands of coronavirus victims, as well as to mark this historic moment in Canadian history. Public health guidance around social distancing has resulted in restrictions around traditional mourning customs and rituals-heart-wrenchingly, many were unable even to say goodbye.
Canada has already lost more than 20,000 people to the pandemic, with the number ticking steadily upwards each of those losses has cascaded through families and communities, leaving many more thousands bereaved.
The magnitude of COVID-19's impact on Canadians' lives is difficult to fathom.
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