A large ocean liner

A large ocean liner
A large ocean liner was headed across the Atlantic fromPortsmouth to New York. As it neared its destination at night, a lookout onthe wing of the bridge reported, ‘Light, bearing on the starboardbow.’‘Is it steady or moving astern?’ the captain called out
  

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Thefire you kindle for your enemy often burns yourself more than him.
Pain is the outcome of sin.
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Relationships of trust depend on our willingness to looknot only to our own interests, but also the interests of others.
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Real swaraj will come not by the acquisition of authority by a few but by the acquisition of capacity by all to resist authority when it is abused