Rutherford B. Hayes Quotes about Desire

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The melancholy thing in our public life is the insane desire to get higher.

The melancholy thing in our public life is the insane desire to get higher.

Rutherford B. Hayes

Insane, Desire, Getting High

Letter "to a leading editor" on April 10, 1875. "The Life Public Services and Select Speeches of Rutherford B. Hayes", edited by James Quay Howard, ch. X, p. 144, www.gutenberg.org. 2007.