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I find the great thing in this world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving: To reach the port of heaven, we must sail sometimes with the wind and sometimes against it—but we must sail, and not drift, nor lie at anchor.

Oliver Wendell Holmes (Sr.)

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Source: The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table [1858], 4

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The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table [1858], 4

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