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“The heights by great men reached and kept
Were not attained by sudden flight,
But they, while their companions slept,
Were toiling upward in the night.” — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow · The Ladder of St. Augustine. Illustrated QuoteGeek card.

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The heights by great men reached and kept Were not attained by sudden flight, But they, while their companions slept, Were toiling upward in the night.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow · The Ladder of St. Augustine

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“The heights by great men reached and kept
Were not attained by sudden flight,
But they, while their companions slept,
Were toiling upward in the night.” — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow · The Ladder of St. Augustine

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