But it is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.
He who has never failed somewhere, that man can not be great.
-- Herman Melville (1819-1891) The Literary World, 17 & 24 Aug. 1850
He who has never failed somewhere, that man can not be great.
-- Herman Melville (1819-1891) The Literary World, 17 & 24 Aug. 1850
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