GOETHE

„Contemporaries are too easily mistaken in their appraisal of the great men of they day : they extraordinary qualities irritate them : they logical and useful life distort their views, prevent their estimates and acknowledgement of heir achievements. But dast, fog and clauds disappear, they setlet down and then we see the vista before our eyes, clear and distinct; we see light and shade,  we examine  the achievements of their great men, with a spirit of calm, as we are in the habits of gazing upon the glorious orb of the full moon on a clear summer night.“