Mile by mile, it's a trial; yard by yard, it's hard; but inch by inch, it's a cinch.

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It is a trial to walk a mile; it is hard to walk a yard; but an inch at a time, and it’s a cinch. It is a hard thing to try and do just one more thing at the same time that we are doing something else. It is easier to do one thing than do them all at the same time.

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