Middlemarch - 36

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CHAPTER XXXVI.  ’T is strange to see the humors of these men,These great aspiring spirits, that should be wise:. . . . . . . .For being the nature of great spirits to loveTo be where they may be most eminent;They, rating of themselves so farre aboveUs in conceit, with whom they do frequent,Imagine how we wonder and esteemeAll that they do or say; which makes them striveTo make our admiration more extreme,Which they suppose they cannot, ’less they giveNotice of their extreme and highest thoughts.—DANIEL: Tragedy of Philotas. Mr. Vincy went home from the reading of the will with