There are people who are eager to be more important than others, and want to be first in whatever is going on-longing for this not only in the world, but also that they may be the highest in heaven. This causes a constant rivalry with others for the most prominent place, and while they harbor no open hatred toward their neighbor, yet at the same time there is no charity. These are in the infernal barrel. Yet they are not evil, but live from impulse, for, their ability to reason having been taken away, they can be bent in any direction at will. 1748, 15 March.