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The Atlantic Community grows, not like a volcanic mountain, by one mighty explosion, but like a coral reef, from the accumulating activity of all.
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John F. Kennedy
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gutenberg.orgJohn F. Kennedy: “The Atlantic Community grows, not like a volcanic mountain, by one mighty explosion, but like a coral reef, from the…”
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Kennedy uses a coral reef metaphor to illustrate the gradual and cooperative growth of the Atlantic Community.
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