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 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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The race of mankind would perish did they cease to aid each other. We cannot exist without mutual help. All therefore that need aid have a right to ask it from their fellow-men and no one who has the power of granting can refuse it without guilt. – Walter Scott

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When thinking about companions gone, we feel ourselves doubly alone. – Walter Scott

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