Oliver Goldsmith Quote
The world is like a vast sea: mankind like a vessel sailing on its tempestuous bosom.... [T]he sciences serve us for oars.
The Citizen of the World Or Letters from a Chinese Philosopher, Residing in London, to His Friend in the East (ed. 1794)
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