The menace hère snggests Corneille, Pertharitey

372. gloire, used hère in the Corneillian sensé, pride, rather than " glory." It implies the full development of the individuality, to allow free scope to which is the suprême duty of heroic minds. But since claire is opposed to normal morality it may naturally deviate into crime^ and is therefore a moral state peculiarly suited to tragedy.