Shapes of Clay
by Ambrose Bierce
ASPIRATION
ASPIRATION.
No man can truthfully say that he would not like to
be President.--_William C. Whitney._
Lo! the wild rabbit, happy in the pride
Of qualities to meaner beasts denied,
Surveys the ass with reverence and fear,
Adoring his superior length of ear,
And says: "No living creature, lean or fat,
But wishes in his heart to be like That!"
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