...the street. "At this age the love of glory was my principal passion. At five, I should have chosen to be a schoolmaster ; at fifteen, a professor ; at...of the glory of immolating myself for my country. ... I wrote eight volumes of metaphysics, twenty of physical science. . . . The quacks of the Corps...

...had been shut up in my room ; I opened the window and sprang out into the street. > " At this age the love of glory was my principal passion. At five years I should have wished to be a schoolmaster j at fifteen, professor ; at eighteen, author ; at twenty, a creative genius ; as I now am ambitious...

...had been shut up in my room ; I opened the window and sprung out into the street. " At this age the love of glory was my principal passion. At five years...should have wished to be a schoolmaster ; at fifteen, professor; at eighteen, author; at twenty, a creative genius; and I now am ambitious of the glory of...

...had been shut up in my room ; I opened the window and sprung out into the street. " At this age the love of glory was my principal passion. At five years...should have wished to be a schoolmaster ; at fifteen, professor; at eighteen, author; at twenty, a creative genius; and I now am ambitious of the glory of...

...had been shut up in my room; I opened the window and sprung out into the street. " At this age the love of glory was my principal passion. At five years...should have wished to be a schoolmaster; at fifteen, professor; at eighteen, author; at twenty, a creative genius; and I now am ambitious of the glory of...

...studious man, who early crammed me with all the science of which he was master. Thus, at five years old I wished to be a schoolmaster, at fifteen a professor, at eighteen an author, and at twenty a genius. " Like Eousseau and most of our young men, I quitted home young, carrying in...

...must hear his own account of himself (in the Ami du Peuple'of 1793) : " At five years of age I wanted to be a schoolmaster ; at fifteen, a professor ; at eighteen, an author ; and a creative genius at twenty." Further, after having spoken of his works in the natural sciences...

...the street. ' At this age the love of glory was my principal passion. At five I should have chosen to be a schoolmaster; at fifteen, a professor; at...of the glory of immolating myself for my country. ... I wrote eight volumes of metaphysics, twenty of physical science. . . . The quacks of the Corps...

...the street. ' At this age the love of glory was my principal passion. At five I should have chosen to be a schoolmaster ; at fifteen, a professor ; at...of the glory of immolating myself for my country. ... I wrote eight volumes of metaphysics, twenty of physical science. . . . The quacks of the Corps...

...different periods of my life, but which has never quitted me for a moment. At five years of age I wanted to be a schoolmaster; at fifteen a professor; at eighteen an author; and at twenty a creative genius. This is what nature and the lessons of my childhood have made me....