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

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 ~

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And the night shall be filled with music, And the cares, that infest the day,Shall fold their tents like the Arabs,and silently steal away.

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The nearer the dawnthe darker the night.

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The nearer the dawn the darker the night.

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