It is not the ship so much as the skillful sailing that assures a prosperous voyage.

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"A man’s country is not a certain area of land, of mountains, rivers, and woods, but it is a principle, and patriotism is loyalty to that principle."

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- George William Curtis

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- George William Curtis

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