Thirsting

It was natural and perhaps human that the privileged princes of these new economic dynasties, thirsting for power, reached out for control over government itself. They created a new despotism and wrapped it in the robes of legal sanction. In its service new mercenaries sought to regiment the people, their labor, and their property.

At that time, we were still young, thirsting for adventure, and our desire for action knew no bounds.

[…] any present thirstings for God, or ardent outgoings of their souls after divine objects […]