“To strive with difficulties, and to conquer them, is the highest human felicity.” – Samuel Johnson
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"To strive with difficulties, and to conquer them, is the highest human felicity." – Samuel Johnson
"To strive with difficulties, and to conquer them, is the highest human felicity." – Samuel Johnson
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