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 sometiems with the wind and sometimes against it, -- but we must sail, and not drift, nor lie at anchor.
¶ The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table ch. 4 (1858)
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