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When we have before us a long journey that will take months to pass, perhaps years, shall we delay starting on that journey because we cannot reach the end of it in a year or two?
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gutenberg.orgJohn Sherman: “When we have before us a long journey that will take months to pass, perhaps years, shall we delay starting on that…”
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Sherman uses a metaphor of a long journey to advocate for starting important initiatives without delay.
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