When a great man has some one object in view to be achieved in a given time, it may be absolutely necessary for him to walk out of all the common roads. (Edmund Burke)

When a great man has some one object in view to be achieved in a given time, it may be absolutely necessary for him to walk out of all the common roads.

Edmund Burke

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