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Dag Hammarskjold Quotes: Never measure the height of a mountain until you have reached the top. Then you will see how low it was.
         

Never measure the height of a mountain until you have reached the top. Then you will see how low it was.


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Never measure the height of a mountain until you have reached the top. Then you will see how low it was.
         



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