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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.
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.
Approximate author period: c. 1844 AD · industrial
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- Author or tradition
- Henry W. Longfellow
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- Approximate author period: c. 1844 AD · industrial
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- Familiar Quotations, ninth edition (1905 printing) (1905 AD)
The Ladder of Saint Augustine.
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