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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Good Poems for Hard Times Quotes: The heights by great men reached and kept were not attained in sudden flight but, they while their companions slept, they were toiling upwards in the night.
         

The heights by great men reached and kept were not attained in sudden flight but, they while their companions slept, they were toiling upwards in the night.


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The heights by great men reached and kept were not attained in sudden flight but, they while their companions slept, they were toiling upwards in the night.
         



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This page presents the quote "The heights by great men reached and kept were not attained in sudden flight but, they while their companions slept, they were toiling upwards in the night.". Author of this quote is Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Good Poems for Hard Times. This quote is about enthusiasm, work, encouragement, inspirational,.