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When the morning's freshness has been replaced by the weariness of midday, when the leg muscles give under the strain, the climb seems endless, and suddenly nothing will go quite as you wish it is then that you must not hesitate.
Dag Hammarskjold
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Dag Hammarskjold
Age: 55 †
Born: 1905
Born: January 1
Died: 1961
Died: January 1
Diplomat
Economist
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Jönköpings stad
Dag Hjalmar Agne Carl Hammarskjöld
Wish
Replaced
Seems
Muscles
Midday
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Hesitate
Nothing
Suddenly
Weariness
Must
Endless
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Legs
Strain
Quite
Climb
Morning
Climbs
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