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Frank Sinatra – The Impossible Dream lyrics
To dream the impossible dream
To fight the unbeatable foe
To bear with unbearable sorrow
To run where the brave dare not go

To right the unrightable wrong
(1)To be better far than you are(1)
To try when your arms are too weary
To reach the unreachable star

This is my quest, to follow that star
No matter how hopeless, no matter how far
(2)To be willing to give when there's no more to give (2)
(3)To be willing to die so that honor and justice may live (3)
And I know if I'll only be true to this glorious quest
That my heart will lie peaceful and calm when I'm laid to my rest

And the world will be better for this
That one man, scorned and covered with scars,
Still strove with his last ounce of courage
To reach the unreachable star

[Notes:]
The Broadway cast's version is quite similar with a few exceptions:
(1)To love pure and chaste from afar
(2)To fight for the right without question or pause
(3)To be willing to march into hell for a heavenly cause
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    Kevin Blease
    it is a story of a legendary king and a ,magical sword if true how does one know is a feeling of a truth buried deep within ones heart i still can not reach , one hears a voice a familiar voice saying these words ? " you will become at one with the land and the land will become at one with you : " one can not accept that truth !
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    Taken from the musical Man of LLa mancha it is originally political commentqary couched in a fantastiiic story. The legend is an old man, Don Quiiote, sets ouit to conquer villains and win his sweetheart, dunlcinea. In reality, his teed is an old nag, hiis opponent is a windmill, his lance is a stick, and his sweetheart is a rough barmaid names algonza.But, it makes no difference, to him. the thoughto of chivalry is there, unrealistic romance, and idealism. In this nonsensical story, a play within a play, Cervantes is commenting on the myths delsuions, and miguided aspirations of his time, 1550 thru 1600 in spain. .The creulty of the inquisition; the cold efficiency of the conquistadores who buit empire but planted the seeds of destraction through excessive wealth thru conquest, while apathy reigned at hhome; excessive import of luxuries; driving of farmers off their land by excessive taxation, while investing nothing in irriiigatioon; and the delsuiuon of the boy king, that god was his confidant, and thru the the "Spanish Armada would make him ruler of all Europe. With their utter defeat phillip and the nation were disillusioned to no end. CERvantes sought to poke fun and give comment on these events, thru the safety of a fantasynovel. is said to be the beginning of t he modern novel, and to have inflenced the French Revolution as well as gerhaps speaking to crazy nonsensical events in politics and extremes in religious belief, today From it, we get, "Quixotic', "tilting at windmills",the suffering resulting from uninvited interference;heavy romantic exectations rejected by women who are there own selves; grand imperial delusions of rulers shot down in flames, and arrogant asum[tions that one alone knows the mind of God.Whew! I'll stop. it's 5 am.
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