imposes, is perfectly just and honorable. The ambition oP' 

 conquest or of despotic power should meet with general a.h^ 

 horrence*. 



187. Desire of es^ee/w.— Esteem denotes the value we set on 

 any person, for the agreeable or useful qualities we deem him 

 to possess ; hence the desire of obtaining it stimulates us ^o 

 the acquisition of those qualities, and the pursuit of the line 

 of conduct that deserves it. When rational it is satisfied 

 with the approbation of the true judges of merit ; when ei"- 

 travagant it seeks universal applause, and often by me^vQS' 

 either undue or even base. • , , 



188. This desire, though natural to man, evidently exists 

 in different individuals in different degrees, in some perhaps* 

 not at all ; and these are invariably the worst characters. 



] 89- Courage is the resolute animating desire of opposing 

 or encountering danger, when such opposition is attended' 

 with any probability of success, or even without such proba-- 

 bility, if opposition is commanded'. But if success be ut- 

 terly improbable, then opposition (not commanded) is un-- 

 reasonable, and i». called rashness. Fortitude- denotes that 

 strength of mind that enables us to support affliction with' 

 firmness, composure, decency and dignity. Fusillanimitiff 

 denotes the want of it, 



1190. Courage' 



• See some excellent lemarks on this subject in 2d Edgeworth on Education, p. 7©^ 

 in 8vo. 



