June 4, 2012 · 7:00 am

Ah, Fame…

“I am very much flattered by your commendation of my last Letter, for I write only for Fame, and without any view to pecuniary Emolument.”

letter to Cassandra
January 14, 1796 [2]

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Filed under Fame, Letters, Money, Writing

One Response to Ah, Fame…

  1. ms. place
    January 3, 2007 at 7:10 pm

    Ah, the art of letter writing. No one I know ueses or writes “emolument” any more. Great quote for the day.