Augustus William Hare and Julius Charles Hare Guesses at Truth (London: Macmillan, ([1827-48] 1867) p. 159.
Misattributed
“We cannot direct the wind, but we can adjust the sails.”
“If one does not know to which port is sailing, no wind is favorable.”
“When you can’t change the direction of the wind — adjust your sails”
“Far the horizon
Hove to the wind;
We're sailing the sea
To the Edge of the World.”
Song lyrics, The Millennium Bell (1999)
Small is Beautiful: A Study of Economics As If People Mattered (1973)
Source: The Three Questions - Prosperity and the Public Good (1998), Chapter Five, The Second Question: Charity and Welfare-The Old Debate Is New Again, p. 95
Aviation, Geography, and Race (1939)
Context: The forces of Hannibal, Drake and Napoleon moved at best with the horses' gallop or the speed of wind on sail. Now, aviation brings a new concept of time and distance to the affairs of men. It demands adaptability to change, places a premium on quickness of thought and speed of action.
Military strength has become more dynamic and less tangible. A new alignment of power has taken place, and there is no adequate peacetime measure for its effect on the influence of nations. There seems no way to agree on the rights it brings to some and takes from others.
“We pulled for you when the wind was against us and the sails were low.
Will you never let us go?”
Song of the Galley-Slaves http://whitewolf.newcastle.edu.au/words/authors/K/KiplingRudyard/verse/p4/galleyslaves.html, l. 1-2 (1893).
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