“A few, a very few, of these brave and unselfish people are still here bidding their summons to cross the Great Divide.” — Dr. Earl Baum In “Early Naples and Collier County,” Illinois physic

“I would rather excel others in the knowledge of what is excellent than in the extent of my powers and dominion.” — Alexander the Great, from “Life of Alexander, bk. XIV” by Plutarch The not

“The legacy of heroes is the memory of a great name and the inheritance of a great example.” — Benjamin Disraeli

An optimist stays up until midnight to see the New Year in. A pessimist stays up to make sure the old year leaves. “Out with the old and in with the new” is the underpinning of every New Year’s