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Not his match! And have you not the heart in you to be anything but best? How many are his match? How many in this world do you think stand in the front rank? Are all the rest of us to give up and sit on our hands rather than serve humbly where we deserve?

Not his match! And have you not the heart in you to be anything but best? How many are his match? How many in this world do you think stand in the front rank? Are all the rest of us to give up and sit on our hands rather than serve humbly where we deserve?

Approximate author period: c. 1954 AD · modern

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Edith Pargeter
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Approximate author period: c. 1954 AD · modern
Approximate author-period evidence for Edith Pargeter: life dates 1913 to 1995. Wikidata Q237235, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q237235 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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