 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell, Henry T. Steele - 1856 - 602 páginas
...... 1 ought, however, to show more firmness in the position in which I stand, and bethink me that 1 must absolutely arrive at something. The desire of...am the sole hope ? I am considered ambitious, I am sore, and it is true ; but is there a nobler aim than that for the ambition of a young man ? This laudable... | |
 | Henry Mills Alden, Frederick Lewis Allen, Lee Foster Hartman, Thomas Bucklin Wells - 1856 - 878 páginas
...myself," wrote this lad of eighteen in his private journal, " or I shall fall into the greatest sloth. The desire of showing gratitude for all that has been...whom I am the sole hope ? I am considered ambitious, it is true ; but is ambition ignoble ? Perhaps there is too much self-love in all my schemes. ... I... | |
 | 1855 - 1216 páginas
...ou^ht, however, to assume more firmness in the position in which I stand, and bethink me that I mu«t absolutely arrive at something, The desire of showing...reflect that I am destined to support a numerous and beloTed family, of whom I am the sole hope ? I am considered ambitious, I am sure—and it is true... | |
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must absolutely arrive at something. The desire of showing gratitude for all that has been done for me, ought of itself to constitute a very sufficient motive for me. Ought I not also to reflect that I am destined to support a numerous and beloved family,... 