Both Uses of
aspiration
in
The House of the Seven Gables
- Beauty would be his life; his aspirations would all tend toward it; and, allowing his frame and physical organs to be in consonance, his own developments would likewise be beautiful.†
Chpt 7 *
- This enthusiasm, infusing itself through the calmness of his character, and thus taking an aspect of settled thought and wisdom, would serve to keep his youth pure, and make his aspirations high.†
Chpt 12
Definition:
a desire to achieve something