The problem is that many people do not want to recognize that there could be out there people more perfect than they themselves are — tzadikim and gedolim. They want everybody to be “human” — namely, with serious chesronos. And who said that everyone is entitled to grow up to be a godol? There is a medrash which says that before Shmuel Ha’Novi was born it was known that a great gadol was going to be born and his name was going to be Shmuel. So people would name kids Shmuel. After others would see a new Shmuel act, they would say:”this is not the one”. Untill the real Shmuel was born, and everybody saw on him that he is the real one. Get the point??
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