“You will seek not a near but a distant objective, and you will not be satisfied with what you may have done.”
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You will seek not a near but a distant objective, and you will not be satisfied with what you may have done.
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All that you may achieve or discover you will regard as a fragment of a larger pattern of the truth which from the separate approaches every true scholar is striving to descry.
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You will be courteous to your elders who have explored to the point from which you may advance; and helpful to your juniors who will progress farther by reason of your labors.
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Your aim will be knowledge and wisdom, not the reflected glamour of fame.
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You will not accept credit that is due to another, or harbor jealousy of an explorer who is more fortunate.
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