John Campbell Shairp (1819–1885) British writer
Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 565.
“There is one thing I esteem higher than that; and that is for a man to be self-reliant and sure of himself.”
Hovstad, Act II
An Enemy of the People (1882)
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Context: Every man has at times in his mind the Ideal of what he should be, but is not. This ideal may be high and complete, or it may be quite low and insufficient; yet in all men, that really seek to improve, it is better than the actual character. Perhaps no one is satisfied with himself, so that he never wishes to be wiser, better, and more holy. Man never falls so low, that he can see nothing higher than himself.