The Duke of Wellington brought to the post of first minister immortal fame,-a quality of success which would almost seem to include all others.
Fame and power are the objects of all men. Even their partial fruition is gained by very few; and that, too, at the expense of social pleasure, health, conscience, life.
Fame has eagle wings, and yet she mounts not so high as man's desires.
A nation will not count the sacrifice it makes, if it supposes it is engaged in a struggle for its fame, its influence and its existence.
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