Men in high places, from having less personal interest in the characters of others—being safe from them—are commonly less acute observers, and with their progressive elevation in life become, as more and more indifferent to what other men are, so more and more ignorant of them.


The Statesman (1836)


Men in high places, from having less personal interest in the characters of others—being safe from them—are commonly less acute observers, and...

Men in high places, from having less personal interest in the characters of others—being safe from them—are commonly less acute observers, and...

Men in high places, from having less personal interest in the characters of others—being safe from them—are commonly less acute observers, and...

Men in high places, from having less personal interest in the characters of others—being safe from them—are commonly less acute observers, and...