PART III
Reading edition
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My fame is in the hands of others. I have weighed in a nice and scrupulous balance whether it is better to serve men or to be praised by them, and I prefer the former.
Sydenham.
(Quoted in S. J.-B.’s commonplace book.)
Have I named one single river? Have I claimed one single acre? Have I kept one single nugget—(barring samples)? No, not I.
Kipling.
Your goodness must have some edge to it,—else it is none.
Emerson.
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