Captain James Cook — "Ambition leads me not only farther than any other man has been before me, but as…"
Ambition leads me not only farther than any other man has been before me, but as far as I think it possible for man to go.
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Statement on personal drive and the limits of human endeavor.
Date: 18th century (approximate)
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