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The only way for us to become great, and indeed—if this is possible—inimitable, is by imitating the ancients.
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The quote presents imitation as the path to greatness and originality. It argues that studying and following the example of earlier models can lead someone to develop such a strong result that it becomes “inimitable,” or impossible to copy. The apparent paradox is that distinctive achievement begins not with rejecting the past, but with learning closely from it.
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