“We aim above the mark to hit the mark.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882) American philosopher, essayist, and poet
“If you would hit the mark, you must aim a little above it;
Every arrow that flies feels the attraction of earth.”
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Every arrow that flies feels the attraction of earth." by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow?
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