the most comfortable characteristic of the period [1775-1825], and the one which incites our deepest envy, is the universal willingness to accept a good purpose as a substitute for good work.
Need drives men to envy as fullness drives them to selfishness.
There is a natural limit to the success we wish our friends, even when we have spurred them on their way.
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