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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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Do not Christians and Heathens, Jews and Gentiles, poets and philosophers, unite in allowing the starry influences? – Walter Scott

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One crowded hour of glorious life is worth an age without a name. – Walter Scott

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All men who have turned out worth anything have had the chief hand in their own education. – Walter Scott

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