Ambition ( page 40 ).
Questions.
1. What two senses has ambition? 2. How does ambition differ from aspiration? Which is the higher word? 3. What is the distinctive sense of emulation? 4. Has emulation a good side? How does it compare with aspiration?
Examples.
Cromwell, I charge thee, fling away ——
By that sin, fell the angels.
Envy, to which th' ignoble mind's a slave,
Is —— in the learn'd or brave.
I have no spur
To prick the sides of my intent, but only
Vaulting ——.