Wishes and ambitions of beloved people?

Life is a mixture

Life is a mixture of many things.A life is collection of all the things with their both positive and negative things.A man has to face a  lot of problems and issues while leading a good and healthy life.It is naturally that ups and downs in life are necessary to occur.When a man becomes successful in facing all the miseries then true promotions and up gradation occurs.

Men and ambitions  

The ambitions and wishes in the world are as many as the people in the world.Every one according to his ambition and nature wants some thing and dislikes some thing.This liking and disliking behavior varies man to man.Some want  to be philosopher of the time while other want to be renowned writer of the world.Others have ambition to be doctor for the service of humanity.Where as some want to be engineer to build up the world in a comprehensive way.

Precious people of time

History is witness for some people due to their great and extraordinary deeds and achievements.Such people are in the minds and hearts of all people.People make them their ideals to follow in their lives.Administrations are running after the quotes and teachings of such people.World is paying them homage and attribute all the time.They are liberator and savior of the humanity.All the revolutions and changes in the world are just due to the sacrifices such people.Such people do not live permanently in the world but their deeds and achievements are present forever.History existence is just due to miracles of such people.

How people become leaders and great

The leaders and great personalities of the world consider their times very valuable.They consider time is more valuable than gold,silver and any other things of the time.They live for  humanity.They spend their lives in doing somewhat for the  countries.Such people are at the hit list when sacrifices arise and needs for sacrifices generate.

How should be the ambitions of the people

The ambitions of the people should be high and proper.Their destinations and targets should be clear.Man should learn to live for humanity,religion,culture,language,values and for the defence of  country .They should be ready for sacrifices when they arise.Furthermore we should learn something form our forefathers for our aims and goals in life. 

ambition to achieve

The Vanity of Human Wishes: The Tenth Satire of Juvenal Imitated is a poem by the English author Samuel Johnson.Written in late 1748 and published in 1749 (see 1749 in poetry), it was begun and completed while Johnson was busy writing A Dictionary of the English Language and it was the first published work to include Johnson's name on the title page.

As the subtitle suggests, it is an imitation of Satire X by the Latin poet Juvenal. Unlike Juvenal, Johnson attempts to sympathize with his poetic subjects. Also, the poem focuses on human futility and humanity's quest after greatness like Juvenal but concludes that Christian values are important to living properly. It was Johnson's second imitation of Juvenal (the first being his 1738 poem London). Unlike London, The Vanity of Human Wishes emphasizes philosophy over politics. The poem was not a financial success, but later critics, including Walter Scott and T. S. Eliot, considered it to be Johnson's greatest poem. Howard D. Weinbrot called it one of the great poems in the English language."

Contents   

1 Background

2 Poem

2.1 Sources

2.2 Imitation

3 Critical response

4 Notes

5 References

6 External links

Background

In 1738 Johnson composed London, his first imitation of Juvenal's poetry, because imitations were popularised by those like Pope during the 18th century. When Johnson replaced Edward Cave with Robert Dodsley as his publisher, he agreed with Dodsley that he would need to change the focus of his poetry.[5] Johnson's London is concerned primarily with political issues, especially those surrounding the Walpole administration, but The Vanity of Human Wishes focuses on overarching philosophical concepts.

In a conversation with George Steevens, Johnson recounted that he wrote the first seventy lines "in the course of one morning, in that small house behind the church". Johnson claimed that "The whole number was composed before I committed a single couplet to writing". To accomplish this feat, Johnson relied on a "nearly oral form of composition" which was only possible "because of his extraordinary memory". Johnson told Boswell that when he was writing poetry, he often "from laziness" only wrote down the first half of each line. This remark is borne out by the manuscript of The Vanity of Human Wishes, in which the first half of each line is written in a different ink to the second half; "evidently Johnson knew that the rime words would keep the second halves in mind." Although Johnson was busy after 1746 working on his Dictionary, he found time to further work on The Vanity of Human Wishes and complete his play, Irene.

The first edition was published on 9 January 1749. It was the first publication by Johnson to feature his name on the title page. It was not a financial success and only earned Johnson fifteen guineas. A revised version was published in the 1755 edition of Dodsley's anthology A collection of Poems by Several Hands. A third version was published posthumously in the 1787 edition of his Works, evidently working from a copy of the 1749 edition.[13] However, no independent version of the poem was published during Johnson's life beyond the initial publication.Courtesy of wikiipedia....