Henry Wadsworth Longfellow quote: The heights by great men reached and kept were not attained in sudden flight but, they while their companions slept, ...

The heights by great men reached and kept were not attained in sudden flight but, they while their companions slept, they were toiling upwards in the night.

~ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow ~

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