The road must be trod, but it will be very hard. And neither strength …

J. R. R. Tolkien
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The road must be trod, but it will be very hard. And neither strength nor wisdom will carry us far upon it. This quest may be attempted by the weak with as much hope as the strong. Yet it is oft the course of deeds that move the wheels of the world: Small hands do them because they must, while the eyes of the great are elsewhere. ✨ J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). The Lord of the Rings: One Volume, p.194, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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