Why should we not go to the extremes if we desire to play a part in the great world drama?...to go to the extremes is ever symptomatic of genius and greatness. Weakness is to compromise, to hesitate, to be halfhearted. Are not the great names of ancient and modern times the names of haughty and aggressive personalities who carried there loves and convictions to extremes , that is to say to logic and clean out conclusions? Mediocrity is safe, no doubt it is, but it is very commonplace and of drab color. Mediocrity is for men of the secondary, the bloodless type… both of us feel the solid truth in the old saying: he who would be famous must go forth and risk his hide and hair.

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This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Why should we not go to the extremes if we desire to play a part in the great world drama?...to go to the extremes is ever symptomatic of genius and greatness. Weakness is to compromise, to hesitate, to be halfhearted. Are not the great names of ancient and modern times the names of haughty and aggressive personalities who carried there loves and convictions to extremes , that is to say to logic and clean out conclusions? Mediocrity is safe, no doubt it is, but it is very commonplace and of drab color. Mediocrity is for men of the secondary, the bloodless type… both of us feel the solid truth in the old saying: he who would be famous must go forth and risk his hide and hair." in the context of "" to mean that wisdom is timeless.