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Habits are soon assumed, but when we strive

To strip them off 'tis being flayed alive.

—William Cowper.

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So live that when the mighty caravan,

Which halts one night-time in the Vale of Death,

Shall strike its white tents for the morning march,

Thou shalt mount onward to the Eternal Hills,

Thy foot unwearied, and thy strength renewed