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Quotation from Essay on Burns by Thomas Carlyle
“Granted, the ship comes into harbor with shrouds and tackle damaged; the pilot is blameworthy”
Essay on Burns, p. 86 (Riverside ed. (Noyes, 1896))
The closing plea that a life must be judged by the length of its voyage as well as by its damage.
Citation: "Granted, the ship comes into harbor with shrouds and tackle damaged; the pilot is blameworthy" — Thomas Carlyle, Essay on Burns, p. 86 (Riverside ed. (Noyes, 1896)). (id essay-on-burns-q11)
