“I am confirmed in my division of human energies. Ambitious people climb, but faithful people build.”

—  Julia Ward Howe

7 June 1874
The Walk With God (1919)
Context: Here I am, in Quaker surroundings, whose restful simplicity is most congenial to me. I feel here the earnest desire for genuine growth and culture which founds a slow but sure success. I am confirmed in my division of human energies. Ambitious people climb, but faithful people build.

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