A good intention but fixed and resolute bent on high and holy ends, we shall find means to them on every side and at every moment and even obstacles and opposition will but make us 'like the fabled specter-ships,' which sail the fastest in the very teeth of the wind. (Ralph Waldo Emerson)

A good intention but fixed and resolute bent on high and holy ends, we shall find means to them on every side and at every moment and even obstacles and opposition will but make us 'like the fabled specter-ships,' which sail the fastest in the very teeth of the wind.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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