...look down on fame as ' that last infirmity of noble minds,' had not forgotten that it was— ' The spur that the clear spirit doth raise, To scorn delights, and live laborious days." The natural bent of character is, perhaps, better ascertained from the undisturbed and unconscious...

...look down on fame as ' that last infirmity of noble minds,' had not forgotten that it was — ' The spur that the clear spirit doth raise. To scorn delights, and live laborious daytf" The natural bent of character is, perhaps, better ascertained from the undisturbed and unconscious...

...ultimate reason, of this and of all other similar associations and companies of studious men." Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise, , To scorn delights, and live laborious days. The Professor proceeded to speak more particularly of the Association, using a more technical style,...

...it will still be true that, in the greatest number of cases, and of the highest quality, Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise, To scorn delights, and live laborious days. That mysterious joy — incomprehensible if man were wholly mortal — which accompanies the hope of...

...it will still be true that in the greatest number of cases, and of the highest quality, Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise, To scorn delights, and live laborious days. That mysterious joy—incomprehensible if man were wholly mortal— which accompanies the hope of influencing...

...it will still be true that in the greatest number of cases, and of the highest quality, Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise, To scorn delights, and live laborious days. That mysterious joy — incomprehensible if man were wholly mortal — which accompanies the hope of...

...of behind the uprising tumour of individual importance. The watchful interest of the public is " the spur that the clear spirit doth raise, To scorn delights, and live laborious days ;" and when this is absent, we must not be surprised if the movements of an association» 66 67 formed...

...entitled to look down on fame as " that l^st infirmity of noble mind," had not forgotten thai it was "The spur that the clear spirit doth raise, To scorn delights, and live laborious days."* The natural bent of character is perhaps better ascertained from the undisturbed and unconscious play...

...the Poet to toil in the pleasing — though unprofitable — labours of his calling. " Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise, To scorn delights and live laborious days." And, by the way, renown is the only reward which the Poets receive from men : it is often their lot...

...Parliament and in Council, ought to be encouraged by high example, and inflamed by that love of fame ' Which the clear spirit doth raise, To scorn delights, and live laborious days.' But this cannot happen, unless it is clearly shown that high desert has high fortune attached to it...