People
It is in the private life that we find the great characters. They are too great to get into the public world.
— G.K. Chesterton
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Our reading
An editorial interpretation.
Greatness is placed in private life, away from public attention. The second sentence makes that choice surprising: these people are said to be too great for the public world. The reversal suggests that being widely seen is a poor measure of a person's importance.
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