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Excerpt from Poems: On the and Fears, the Joys and Sorrows, of Man
Again, there seems to be a desire in the breast of every man to stand high in the estimation of his fellow-men. This pursuit of fame, like drawing a bow at a venture, is sometimes very ineffective, but with many more successful. Their works, their riches, or their heroism, are admired by the living, after they themselves have been numbered with the dead.
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