...had, to a morbid excess, that desire to rise which is vulgarly called ambition, but no wish for the esteem or the love of his species; only the hard wish...to despise a world which galled his self-conceit." Griswold enclosed this passage in quotation marks in the Tribune article, but omitted them when he...

...to a morbid excess, that which is vulgarly called ambition, the hard wish to succeed not serve, but succeed that he might have the right to despise a world which galled his self-conceit. We must omit any particular criticism of Mr. Poe's works. As a writer of tales he was scarcely surpassed...

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...morbid excess, that desire to rise which is vulgarly called ambition, but no wish for the esteem or love of his species; only the hard wish to succeed...to despise a world which galled his self-conceit. '2 We have suggested the influence of his aims and vicissitudes upon his literature. It was more conspicuous...

...had. to a morb,d excess. that desire to rise which is vulgarly called ambltion, but no wish for the esteem or the love of his species ; only the hard wish to sacceed — not shine, not serve— succeed, that he might have the right to despise a world which...