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No bird soars too high if he soars with his own wings.

— William Blake

A silver foil bird with angular wings hangs beside a curling pale-blue ribbon against indigo.
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The image of a bird rising on its own wings links ambition with the abilities that sustain it. Height itself is not presented as the danger. The line places confidence in powers that belong to the individual, suggesting that achievement should grow from those strengths.

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