Henry Wadsworth Longfellow on Ambition
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“I see, but cannot reach, the height That lies forever in the light.”
“Most people would succeed in small things, if they were not troubled with great ambitions.”
“The shades of night were falling fast, As through an Alpine village passed A youth, who bore, 'mid snow and ice A banner with the strange device, Excelsior!”