“A pen is certainly an excellent instrument to fix a man's attention and to inflame his ambition.”
John Adams (1735–1826) 2nd President of the United States
14 November 1760
1750s, Diaries (1750s-1790s)
“Ambition raises a secret tumult in the soul, it inflames the mind, and puts it into a violent hurry of thought.”
No. 256 (24 December 1711)
The Spectator (1711–1714)
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