Ibid., p. 9
The Education of the Stoic
“No contrast is greater than a man on the pinnacle, erect in stature, confident, supercilious; and the same man in the pit, bent, irresolute, and servile. Some observers insist that, in the pit, a man usually loses his moral principles; but, on the pinnacle, is virtuously inclined, sensitive of reputation, faithful of trusts.”
The Philosophical Emperor, a Political Experiment, or, The Progress of a False Position: (1841)
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