The block of granite which was an obstacle in the pathway of the weak,…

Thomas Carlyle
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The block of granite which was an obstacle in the pathway of the weak, became a stepping-stone in the pathway of the strong. ✨ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Nathan Haskell Dole, George Henry Lewes, Thomas Carlyle, John Storer Cobb (1902*). The Works of Goethe
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The block of granite which was an obstacle in the pathway of the weak, became a stepping-stone in the pathway of the strong. ✨ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Nathan Haskell Dole, George Henry Lewes, Thomas Carlyle, John Storer Cobb (1902*). The Works of Goethe

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