Men do not quarrel when their ambitions have come to an end. 2281.529
Do you not know that the higher you rise, even in the Church of Christ, the more
responsibility you have, and the heavier burdens you have to carry? 2871.91
And it is much the same also with ambition,—not the desire to use one’s capacities to
the full, especially for God’s glory, and the good of our fellow-creatures; but that
craving for so-called “glory” which makes a man court the homage of his fellow-men,
and which will not let him be content unless he is set up on a high pedestal for fools
to stare at. 2886.268
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