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For to reach a port, we must sail--sail, not lie at anchor, sail, not drift.
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gutenberg.orgFor to reach a port, we must sail--sail, not lie at anchor, sail, not drift.
Roosevelt uses a nautical metaphor to stress the importance of taking action rather than remaining passive.
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