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Perseverance is a great element of success. If you only knock long enough and loud enough at the gate, you are sure to wake up somebody.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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Samuel Longfellow (ed.) Final Memorials (Boston: Ticknor and Co., 1887) Ch. 19: Table-Talk

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