So also there are tides and floods in the affairs of men, which in som…

John Muir
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So also there are tides and floods in the affairs of men, which in some are slight and may be kept within bounds, but in others they overmaster everything. ✨ John Muir, Terry Gifford (1996). John Muir: His Life and Letters and Other Writings, p.88, The Mountaineers Books
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So also there are tides and floods in the affairs of men, which in some are slight and may be kept within bounds, but in others they overmaster everything. ✨ John Muir, Terry Gifford (1996). John Muir: His Life and Letters and Other Writings, p.88, The Mountaineers Books

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