Walter Scott's Quote - He is the best sailor who can steer within fewest points of the wi

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He is the best sailor who can steer within fewest points of the wi

He is the best sailor who can steer within fewest points of the wind, and exact a motive power out of the greatest obstacles. – Walter Scott

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Nothing is more completely the child of Art than a Garden. – Walter Scott

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