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Dagworth.
Ay, it grows most in lands most cultivated.
William.
Then it grows most in France; the vines here
Are finer than any we have in England.
Dagworth.
Ay, but the oaks are not.
William.
What is the tree you mentioned? I don't think
I ever saw it.
Dagworth.
Ambition.
William.
Is it a little creeping root that grows in ditches?
Dagworth.
Thou dost not understand me, William.
It is a root that grows in every breast;
Ambition is the desire or passion that one man
Has to get before another, in any pursuit after glory;
But I don't think you have any of it.
