Man, having an ideal before him of that which he ought to be, and is not, and acting as though he possessed the character he ought to have, but has not, comes, by the very virtue of his aspiration, to possess the character he imagines.


The Blazing Star (ed. 1871)

William Batchelder Greene Quotes

Man, having an ideal before him of that which he ought to be, and is not, and acting as though he possessed the character he ought to have, but has...

Man, having an ideal before him of that which he ought to be, and is not, and acting as though he possessed the character he ought to have, but has...

Man, having an ideal before him of that which he ought to be, and is not, and acting as though he possessed the character he ought to have, but has...

Man, having an ideal before him of that which he ought to be, and is not, and acting as though he possessed the character he ought to have, but has...