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Image of the quote is loading... SaveSave What is to be got at to make the air sweet the ground good under the feet can only be got at by failure trial again and again and again failure. - Quote by Sherwood Anderson

What is to be got at to make the air sweet the ground good under the feet can only be got at by failure trial again and again and again failure.

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