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So inconsiderable is the satisfaction that Fame brings along with it, and so great the disquietudes, to which it makes us liable. The desire of it stirs up very uneasy motions in the mind, and is rather inflamed than satisfied by the presence of the thing desired. .The enjoyment of it brings but very little pleasure, though the loss or want of it be very sensible and afflicting; and even this little happiness is so very precarious, that it wholly depends on the will of others. We are not only tortured by the reproaches which are offered us, but are disappointed by the silence of men when it is unexpected; and humbled even by their praises. [[note]] No: 257. [[/note]] We have treated the subject of Fame in a particular order and method. First we have considered the reasons why Providence may have implanted in our mind such a principle action. In the next place we have shewn from many considerations, first that Fame is a thing difficult to be obtained, and easily lost; secondly, that it brings the ambitious man very little happiness, but subjects him to much uneasiness and dissatisfaction. We shall in the last place shew, that it hinders us from obtaining an end which we have abilities to acquire, and which is accompanied with fullness of satisfaction. We need not tell the reader, that we mean by this end that happiness which is reserved for us in another world, which every one has abilities to procure, and which
