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But, alas, what good did it do Archimedes to know that he could move the world, when he couldn’t find the place to fix his lever?
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Whitelaw Reid
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Reid uses Archimedes' metaphor to illustrate the challenge of finding the right opportunity amidst uncertainty.
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