Hope is like the sun, which, as we journey toward it, casts the shadow…

Samuel Smiles
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Hope is like the sun, which, as we journey toward it, casts the shadow of our burden behind us. ✨ Samuel Smiles (1861). Self-help, with Illustrations of Character and Conduct, p.67
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