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It is not the prize that can make us happy; it is not even the winning of the… — Anthony Trollope

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It is not the prize that can make us happy; it is not even the winning of the prize....[It is] the struggle, the long hot hour of the honest fight.... There is no human bliss equal to twelve hours of work with only six hours in which to do it.

Anthony Trollope
Orley Farm · 1862
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Benefits of adversityAdversityHard work
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Novel
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1862
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Anthony Trollope
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Trollope, Anthony. Orley Farm. London: Chapman and Hall, 1861-1862.

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