Source: 1990s, The Rum Diary (1998)
“Not to the swift, the race:
Not to the strong, the fight:
Not to the righteous, perfect grace:
Not to the wise, the light.”
Reliance http://rpo.library.utoronto.ca/poem/2226.html, st. 1 (1904)
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