| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
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| NUMBER: | 37906 |
| QUOTATION: | I dont see America as a mainland, but as a sea, a big ocean. Sometimes a storm arises, a formidable current develops, and it seems it will engulf everything. Wait a moment, another current will appear and bring the first one to naught. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Jacques Maritain (18821973), French philosopher. Reflections on America, ch. 4 (1948). |
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