"The swimmer adrift on the open seas measures……" — Georges Duhamel
"The swimmer adrift on the open seas measures his strength, and strives with all his muscles to keep himself afloat. But what is he to do when there is no land on the horizon, and none beyond it?"
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Georges Duhamel
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