Sentence:  I liked the man for his own sake, and even had he promised to turn out a celebrity it would have had no weight with me. I <WSD>look upon</WSD> notoriety with the same indifference as on the buttons on a man's shirt-front, or the crest on his note-paper. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  To consider or regard something in a specific manner.