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To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.
Note
The closing line of Tennyson's dramatic monologue, spoken by an aging Ulysses who refuses to settle into quiet retirement. It's a call to persistent action—strive, seek, find—and above all, not to surrender. This is an internal standard: the choice to keep pushing forward despite age, fatigue, or discouragement. It embodies a heroic spirit of resilience and curiosity, suggesting that the journey and the effort matter as much as any destination.