The 'height' of the ceiling is eight feet. [=the ceiling is eight feet above the floor; the ceiling is eight feet high]
It was 'the height of' stupidity to quit the team. [=it was extremely stupid to quit the team]
He was 'at the height of' his fame when he died. [=he died when he was most famous]
(..) I battled and marched through countries and across continents I'd once dreamed of. (GRUNTING) (YELLING) I led my men from battle to battle, to the heights of glory. But we crushed the freedom of innocent civilizations simply because they were different. (GRUNTING SOFTLY) I saw much blood spilled. (..)2016 Ben-Hur