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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
Vocabulary

Man's reach exceeds his imagination

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What is meant by the phrase "mans reach exceeds his grasp " ?

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I think that should be man's reach... But, what it means is that human beings desire and attempt to achieve more than they are necessarily able to accomplish or attain. But, that is a good thing.

  • I think that should be man's reach...
  • But, what it means is that human beings desire and attempt to achieve more than they are necessarily able to accomplish or attain.
  • But, that is a good thing.
  • It is the "reaching for the stars" idea that promotes never settling for what you think is good enough but going for the gold, as it were, even if one might fail in the attempt, because much will be gained in the trying.
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I think that should be man's reach...

But, what it means is that human beings desire and attempt to achieve more than they are necessarily able to accomplish or attain. But, that is a good thing. It is the "reaching for the stars" idea that promotes never settling for what you think is good enough but going for the gold, as it were, even if one might fail in the attempt, because much w

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