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Question
Tick the qualities that are required to achieve such a feat.
| passion | reward | determination | physical |
| fame | faith | courage | money |
| drive | vengeance | inspiration | self-satisfaction |
| vision | undying spirit | inner-urge | perseverance |
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Solution
| passion | ✓ | reward | determination | ✓ | physical | ✓ | |
| fame | faith | ✓ | courage | ✓ | money | ||
| drive | ✓ | vengeance | inspiration | ✓ | self-satisfaction | ||
| vision | ✓ | undying spirit | ✓ | inner-urge | ✓ | perseverance | ✓ |
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sugar, and followed this with our last tin of
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sets into the tent, cleaned the ice off them,
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