“Every American is eaten up with longing to rise, but hardly any of them seem to entertain very great hopes or aim very high. All are constantly bent on gaining property, reputation and power, but few conceive of such thing on a grand scale...They are much more in love with success than with glory.”
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Found in Leading and Leadership by Timothy Fuller
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