"[I]t is to be regretted, therefore, that he did not exercise his mind less, and his body more: since by this means, it is highly probable, that though he would not then have astonished with the blaze of a comet, he would yet have shone with the permanent radiance of a fixed star."
Adventurer, No. 39
Samuel Johnson, <u>Works of Samuel Johnson</u> (Troy, NY: Pafraets Book Company, 1903). Prepared by Charles Keller for UVa E-Text Center, 1995. &lt;<a href="http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/etcbin/toccer-new2?id=Joh4Ram.sgm&images=images/modeng&data=/texts/english/modeng/parsed&tag=public&part=all">Link to UVa E-Text Center</a>&gt;