The Spaniards were electrified; in a moment they dashed after him, cheering for "EL CHICO BLANCO!" [10the fair boy], and with one shock they broke through the French and sent them flying downhill.

[1012] And so it is in ordinary life.

The good and the great draw others after them; they lighten and lift up all who are within reach of their influence.

They are as so many living centres of beneficent activity.
Let a man of energetic and upright character be appointed to a position of trust and authority, and all who serve under him become, as it were, conscious of an increase of power.

When Chatham was appointed minister, his personal influence was at once felt through all the ramifications of office.