The Desire of Reputation: An Address, Before the Phoenix and Union Societies of Hamilton College, July 28, 1841 |
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... Talent will not answer the good name ; nor can gold or diamonds pur community will gladly confer on him who h which shows that he is entitled to its confide Such is the original principle with which m and such is its value in the world ...
... Talent will not answer the good name ; nor can gold or diamonds pur community will gladly confer on him who h which shows that he is entitled to its confide Such is the original principle with which m and such is its value in the world ...
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... talent , alone should entitle man to the grateful remembrance of his species . It is the wish to reign and rule ; the wish to evince such talent as to command the applause of mankind ; to play such a part on the theatre of human affairs ...
... talent , alone should entitle man to the grateful remembrance of his species . It is the wish to reign and rule ; the wish to evince such talent as to command the applause of mankind ; to play such a part on the theatre of human affairs ...
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... talent of distinguis the skilful array of the battle ; of the deed : the field of blood ; of the shouts of victory phant and glorious return of the conquero the most melancholy spectacles on earth , h feelings , would be the return of a ...
... talent of distinguis the skilful array of the battle ; of the deed : the field of blood ; of the shouts of victory phant and glorious return of the conquero the most melancholy spectacles on earth , h feelings , would be the return of a ...
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... Talent for slaughter has been evinced , in other days , beyond what may be expected to be equalled hereafter ; I no young aspirant for fame can hope to rival now aminondas or Scipio , Hannibal , Alexander , or Napoleon . e world , too ...
... Talent for slaughter has been evinced , in other days , beyond what may be expected to be equalled hereafter ; I no young aspirant for fame can hope to rival now aminondas or Scipio , Hannibal , Alexander , or Napoleon . e world , too ...
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... talents ; ut it is not possible to perpetuate that admiration through ucceeding ages . The principle , whose truth I maintain , s , that the world will , in the course of time , work itself ight ; that the man who ought to be remembered ...
... talents ; ut it is not possible to perpetuate that admiration through ucceeding ages . The principle , whose truth I maintain , s , that the world will , in the course of time , work itself ight ; that the man who ought to be remembered ...
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