Statement to a friend just before World War II.
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Some day I’m going to climb Everest.
— Edmund Hillary
What It Means
This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Some day I’m going to climb Everest." in the context of "Statement to a friend just before World War II." to mean that wisdom is timeless.
Source: Wikiquote: "Edmund Hillary" (Quotes, Sir Edmund Hillary : King Of The World: Quotations of Hillary in "Sir Edmund Hillary : King Of The World" in NZEdge )
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About Edmund Hillary
Sir Edmund Percival Hillary (20 July 1919 – 11 January 2008) was a New Zealand mountaineer, explorer, and philanthropist. On 29 May 1953, Hillary and Nepalese Sherpa mountaineer Tenzing Norgay became the first climbers confirmed to have reached the summit of Mount Everest.
About Edmund Hillary
Sir Edmund Percival Hillary (20 July 1919 – 11 January 2008) was a New Zealand mountaineer, explorer, and philanthropist. On 29 May 1953, Hillary and Nepalese Sherpa mountaineer Tenzing Norgay became the first climbers confirmed to have reached the summit of Mount Everest.
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