...wise. — Benjamin Franklin Be wise; Soar not too high to fall; but stoop to rise. — Philip Massinger To know That which before us lies in daily life Is the prime wisdom. — -John Milton It is not enough to have a good mind. The main thing is to use it well. — Rene Descartes...

...by the archangel Raphael to be "lowly wise," turns away from "things remote" to "know" instead that "That which before us lies in daily life / Is the prime wisdom" (PL 8:173, 191-94). However exalted the heights they reach, Wordsworth and Emerson are "grounded" visionaries....

...the ordinary follows upon "the affirmation of ordinary life" that began a century and more before.32 "To know / That which before us lies in daily life / Is the prime wisdom," states Milton.33 But instead of tracing our suspicion of the heroic back into the past by increments,...

...Thankfully, God never uses the implements of depraved human beings to accomplish anything in his kingdom. To know that which before us lies in daily life, is the prime wisdom. — JOHN MILTON The Key Ingredients of Servant Leadership Many ingredients must go into the mix for...