He Who Ascends To Mountain-tops Shall Find The Loftiest Peaks Most Wrapt In Clouds And Snow

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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.
-- Lord Byron (1788-1824)
-- Childe Harold's Pilgrimage, Canto iii, Stanza 45

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