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Date: December 24, 1711
"Ambition raises a secret Tumult in the Soul, it inflames the Mind, and puts it into a violent hurry of Thought."
preview | full record— Addison, Joseph (1672-1719)
Date: December 24, 1711
"Ambition raises a secret Tumult in the Soul, it inflames the Mind, and puts it into a violent Hurry of Thought: It is still reaching after an empty imaginary Good, that has not in it the Power to abate or satisfy it."
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Date: December 24, 1711
"The Desire of it stirs up very uneasy Motions in the Mind, and is rather inflamed than satisfied by the Presence of the Thing desired."
preview | full record— Addison, Joseph (1672-1719)