Intellect alone does not make the man, according to the divine standard. There is a power in intellect, if sanctified and controlled by the Spirit of God. It is superior to riches and to physical power; yet it must be cultivated in order to make the man. The right which one has to claim to be a man is determined by the use made of his intellect. Byron had intellectual conception, and depth of thought, but he was not a man according to God's standard. He was an agent of Satan. His passions were fierce and uncontrollable. He was sowing seed through his life which blossomed into a harvest of corruption. His lifework lowered the standard of virtue. This man was one of the world's distinguished men; still the Lord would not acknowledge him as a man, but only as one who had abused his God given talents. Gibbon, the skeptic, and many others whom God endowed with giant minds, and whom the world called great men, rallied under the banner of Satan, and used the gifts of God for the perversion of truth and the destruction of the souls of men. Great intellect, when made a minister of vice, is a curse to the possessor and to all within its influence.

Forstanden er mægtigere end rigdom og legemsstyrke, og hvis den bliver helliget og styret af Guds Ånd, kan den udrette meget godt. Den er bedre end rigdomme og fysisk kraft; dog må den opdyrkes for at danne mennesket. Den ret som man skal påberåbe sig som menneske er bestemt af den brug man gør sig af sin forstand. Bryon havde en intelligent opfattelse af tingene, og en tankedybde, men han var ikke en mand efter Guds standard. Han var en Satans agent. Hans lidenskaber var voldsomme og ukontrollerbare. Han såede sæd igennem hans liv som sprang ud i en fordærvelsens høst. Hans livsarbejde fornedrede dydighedens standard. Dette menneske var en af verdens meget anerkendte mænd, dog ville Herren ikke anerkende ham som et menneske, men kun som en som havde misbrugt sine gudsgivne talenter. Gibbon, skeptikeren, og mange andre hvem Gud havde begavet med store tanker, og hvem verden kaldte for store mænd, samlede sig under Satans banner, og brugte Guds gaver for at fordrejelse sandheden og menneskesjæles udslettelse. Stor forstand, som tjener til unoder, er en forbandelse for den der har forstanden og for alle inden for dennes virkekreds.