Ambition is a passion, at once strong and insidious, and is very apt to cheat a man out of his happiness and his true… — Edward Bates Copy Share Image
“ [Mr. Bates comments on the description of Robespierre in History of the French Revolution by M. J. L. Adolphe Thiers] He was a… — Edward Bates Copy Share Image
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