Greatly begin. Though thou have time, but for a line, be that sublime. Not failure, but low aim is crime.
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Behind the dim unknown, Standeth God within the shadow, keeping watch above his own.
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Nature, they say, doth dote, And cannot make a man Save on some worn-out plan, Repeating us by rote.
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