"The voyage of the best ship is a……" — Ralph Waldo Emerson

The voyage of the best ship is a zigzag line of a… - Ralph Waldo Emerson

"The voyage of the best ship is a zigzag line of a hundred tacks. See the line from a sufficient distance, and it straightens itself to the average tendency. Your genuine action will explain itself, and will explain your other genuine actions. Your conformity explains nothing. Act singly, and what you have already done singly will justify you now. Greatness appeals to the future."

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

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