I would sooner fail than not be among the greatest. ✨ Letter to James …

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I would sooner fail than not be among the greatest. ✨ Letter to James Hessey, 8 October 1818, in H. E. Rollins (ed.) 'The Letters of John Keats' (1958) vol. 1, p. 374
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