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What did the poet say? “Success is counted sweetest by those who ne’er succeed.” Wrong—deeply, distressingly wrong; the nectar of success Proves most enticing (indeed, addictive) to those whom Dame Fortune Coquettishly extends an index finger toward and, swirling it Ever so slightly, lets you taste (just for the briefest of moments, mind you) The tip. A momentary sensation in the merest fragment of time, yes; But the sweetness, the utterly transcendent joy of that sing...