Charles Phelps Cushing's Ambition was to Become Master of the Art of Jiu Jitsu and Dispel, Swiftly and with Considerable Eclat, the Odious Gang at the Corner Drug Store
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Harry Staton Harbored the Ambition to Grow a Heavy, Black Moustache Overnight and Then Walk Past the Girl Who Had Spurned Him, Leaving Her Overcome with Remorse and Chagrin
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Milton Bronner's Ambition was to be the Tall, Fair-Haired Boy Who Had Written a Lollipop Novel That All the Sweet Girls Read...
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My boyhood ambition was to wear a pair of nickle-plated coiled wire sleeve-holders, and to own the largest private collection of dogs in the United States
Alex. Kadison, Who Used to Carry a Tiny Flask of Ammonia on His Person, Wanted to Use it on Crowded Cars in Reviving Stunningly Nymph-like Damsels From Fainting Spells
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A. Walter Utting Wanted to be a Castaway on a Desert Island and Write His Experiences for the Fellows Back Home to Read With Despair and Envy in Their Eyes
Ray Stannard Baker Wanted to Hunt Colossal Wild Beasts, Chiefly Lions, Tigers, Elephants and Bears, and Slay Them With His Father's Army Pistol as They Were Charging Him
Our boyhood ambition was to occupy so exalted a position with a large corporation that intimate correspondence would have to be marked 'personal' lest it be inadvertently opened by one of our secretaries
After Reading Robinson Crusoe, C. H. Davids Who Had a Weakness for Raisins, Wanted to Emulate Mr. Crusoe and Grow His Own Supply
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