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“He who ascends to mountain-tops shall find The loftiest peaks most wrapt in clouds and snow; He who surpasses or subdues mankind Must look down on the hate of those below.”
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- Book
- Confidence:
- 0.85
- Indexed:
- 2026-07-04
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- 5b5db22c57d3ad1c4c5a441068d5200a7d143322ad604dcd85ce441dd04a5c7d
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Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
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