...shall find The loftiest peaks most wrapt in clouds and snow; He who surpasses or subdues mankind, 400 Must look down on the hate of those below. Though...loudly blow Contending tempests on his naked head, 405 And thus reward the toils which to those summits led. XLVI Away with these! true Wisdom's world...

...following canto "earnestly, if not, indeed, reverently": He who ascends to mountain tops, shall find Those loftiest peaks most wrapt in clouds and snow; He who...head, And thus reward the toils which to those summits lead. Whitney concluded that Lincoln had a premonition that he would reach "the mountain tops of human...

...one who 'surpasses' other men, he resembles the 'loftiest peaks' that are 'wrapt in clouds and snow': Though high above the sun of glory glow, And far beneath...loudly blow Contending tempests on his naked head. (in, 45)1 That last line with its Lear-words 'contending' and 'head* ('contending', in, i, 4, quoted...

...clouds and snow; He who surpasses or subdues mankind, Must look down on the hate of those below. 400 Though high above the sun of glory glow, And far beneath...thus reward the toils which to those summits led. 46 Away with these! true Wisdom's world will be Within its own creation, or in thine, Maternal Nature!...

...Napoleon, a romantic paradigm in his own right — would seem strongly to support such continuity-claim: He who surpasses or subdues mankind, Must look down...head, And thus reward the toils which to those summits led.41 In order to offer a more precise articulation of my position on that vital question, I suggest...