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.
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Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Sr. "Every Man His Own Boswell." The Atlantic Monthly. Boston: Phillips, Sampson and Company, Feb. 1858.
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