A low self-love in the parent desires that his child should repeat his character and fortune.
Ralph Waldo EmersonEnglands genius filled all measureOf heart and soul, of strength and pleasure,Gave to the mind its emperor,And life was larger than before:Nor sequent centuries could hitOrbit and sum of Shakespeares wit. The men who lived with him becamePoets, for the air was fame.
Ralph Waldo Emerson