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I whose 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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The speaker describes ambition as a force carrying him beyond every previous human achievement. He also believes it can take him to the furthest point a person could possibly reach. The statement expresses extreme confidence in the reach of his own goals, while “as far as I think” makes clear that this limit is his personal judgment, not an established fact.
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