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The sail, the play of its pulse so like our own lives: so thin and yet so full of life, so noiseless when it labors hardest, so noisy and impatient when least effective.
The sail, the play of its pulse so like our own lives: so thin and yet so full of life, so noiseless when it labors hardest, so noisy and impatient when least effective.
Approximate author period: c. 1839 AD · industrial
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- Henry David Thoreau
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- Approximate author period: c. 1839 AD · industrial
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