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Donn Piatt: That man is great who rises to the emergencies of the occasion, and becomes…

That man is great who rises to the emergencies of the occasion, and becomes master of the situation.

In today’s wordsA great person is one who rises to the demands of the moment and takes command of the situation.

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From the book Memories of the Men who Saved the Union. Preface, as quoted in A Dictionary of Quotations in Prose (compiled by Anna L. Ward, 1889)

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