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> [Life has no smooth road for any of us; and in the bracing atmosphere of a high aim the very roughness stimulates the climber to steadier steps, till the legend, over steep ways to the stars, fulfills itself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-croswell-doane/life-has-no-smooth-road-for-any-of-us-and-in-the-bracing-atmosphere/)

William Croswell Doane

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## More by William Croswell Doane

> [Life has no smooth road for any of us; and in the bracing atmosphere of a high aim the very roughness stimulates the climber…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-croswell-doane/life-has-no-smooth-road-for-any-of-us-and-in-the-bracing-atmosphere/)

William Croswell Doane

> [My dear old dog, most constant of all friends.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-croswell-doane/my-dear-old-dog-most-constant-of-all-friends/)

William Croswell Doane

> [But life has no smooth roads for any of us. And in the bracing atmosphere of a high aim, the very roughness only stimulates…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-croswell-doane/but-life-has-no-smooth-roads-for-any-of-us-and-in-the-bracing/)

William Croswell Doane

> [The success of sainthood is the success attained by struggle and suffering and achieved by faith; a success of honor, of clean hands and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-croswell-doane/the-success-of-sainthood-is-the-success-attained-by-struggle-and/)

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