Now you must needs,' my teacher said, 'shake off your wonted indolence. No fame is won beneath the quilt or sunk in feather cushions. Whoever, famele… - Dante Alighieri

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Now you must needs,' my teacher said, 'shake off your wonted indolence. No fame is won beneath the quilt or sunk in feather cushions. Whoever, fameless, wastes his life away, leaves of himself no greater mark on earth than smoke in air or froth upon the wave. So upwards! On! And vanquish laboured breath! In any battle mind-power will prevail, unless the weight of the body loads it down. There's a yet longer ladder you must scale. You can't just turn and leave all these behind. You understand? Well, make my words avail,