I fear the popular notion of success stands in direct opposition in all points to the real and wholesome success. One adores public opinion, the other, private opinion; one, fame, the other, desert; one, feats, the other, humility; one, lucre, the other, love; one, monopoly, and the other, hospitality of mind. β¨ Ralph Waldo Emerson (1870). Society and Solitude: Twelve Chapters, p.246, London S. Low, Son & Marston 1870.
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