...I shall be shut out from one of the most beautifu 1 departments of letters." . . " The fact is, — and I will not disguise it in the least, for I think...burns most ardently for it, and every earthly thought centers in it." This ambition is the key-note to the life and the success of this great man. He was...

...sorrow. In 1834, when a Senior at Bowdoin College, Longfellow wrote to his father: "The fact is — and I will not disguise it in the least, for I think I ought not — the fuct is, I most eagerly aspire after future eminence in literature; my whole soul burns most ardently...

...took place slowly. We get a glimpse of the early determining spirit when we read the letter which he wrote to his father from Brunswick, in his eighteenth...future eminence in literature ; my whole soul burns ardently for it, and every earthly thought centres in it. There may be something visionary in this,...

...purpose of reading history and of becoming familiar with the best authors in polite literature. . . . The fact is, I most eagerly aspire after future eminence...ardently for it, and every earthly thought centres in it. ... Whatever I do study ought to be engaged in with all my soul, — for I will be eminent in something....

...altogether in favor of the farmer's life." But a few months later he says : " The fact is, 1 most eagerlv aspire after future eminence in literature. My whole...ardently for it, and every earthly thought centres in it. ... Surely there never was a better opportunity offered for the exertion of literary talent in our...

...to his father: "I am altogether in favor of the farmer's life." But a few months later he says : " The fact is, I most eagerly aspire after future eminence...ardently for it, and every earthly thought centres in it. ... Surely there never was a better opportunity offered for the exertion of literary talent in our...

..."I am altogether in favor of the farmer's life." But a few months later he says : " The fact is, 1 most eagerly aspire after future eminence in literature....ardently for it, and every earthly thought centres in it. ... Surely there never was a better opportunity offered for the exertion of literary talent in our...

...I do not think that there is anything visionary or chimerical in my plan thus far. The fact is — and I will not disguise it in the least, for I think...it. There may be something visionary in this, but I natter myself that I have prudence enough to keep my enthusiasm from defeating its own object by too...

...it became a serious question what occupation he should pursue. In writing to his father he said, " I most eagerly aspire after future eminence in literature...ardently for it, and every earthly thought centres in it ;" " Whatever I do study ought to be engaged in with all my soul, for 1 will be eminent in something;"...

...symbol of its style." In his well-known letter to his father he acknowledged his heart's ambition : "The fact is, I most eagerly aspire after future eminence...burns most ardently for it. and every earthly thought centers in it" How charming was his ardor, and how good was his fortune that he realized his dream....