It is a grand thing to rise in the world. The ambition to do so is the…

Anthony Trollope
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It is a grand thing to rise in the world. The ambition to do so is the very salt of the earth. It is the parent of all enterprise, and the cause of all improvement. ✨ Anthony Trollope (2014). Is He Popenjoy?: A Novel, p.484, Simon and Schuster
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It is a grand thing to rise in the world. The ambition to do so is the very salt of the earth. It is the parent of all enterprise, and the cause of all improvement. ✨ Anthony Trollope (2014). Is He Popenjoy?: A Novel, p.484, Simon and Schuster

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