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We who journey to day over the smooth or troubled waters of national or international affairs are no more conscious of the infinite toil and labors which have gone into the intricate making of the vessel that carries us, than are travelers conscious of the cogs and screws, the engines and all the elaboration of detail which compose an ocean liner. WE WHO JOURNEY TO DAY OVER THE SMOOTH OR TROUBLED WATERS OF NATIONAL OR INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS ARE NO MORE CONSCIOUS OF THE INFINITE TOLL AND LABOURS WHICH HAVE GONE INTO THE INTRICATE MAKING OF THE VESSEL THAT CARRIES US THAN ARE TRAVELLERS CONSCIOUS OF THE COGS AND SCREWS THE ENGINE AND ALL THE ELABORATION OF DETAIL WHICH COMPOSE AN OCEAN LINER
dst of practically open country. While we are speaking of rapidity we must look over toward the Victory Plant at Squantum, that miraculous marsh which was drained with such expedition that just twelve months from the day ground was broken for its foundation, it launched its first ship, and less than two years after completed its entire contract. Surely never in the history of shipbuilding have brain and brawn worked so brilliantly together! In this way, then, the history of the ships that have sailed the seven seas has been built up at Quincy--a dramatic history and one instinct with the beauty which is part of gliding canoe and white sails, and part, too, of the huge smooth-slipping monsters of a modern day, sleek and swift as leviathans. But all the while the building of these ships has been going on, there has been slowly rising within the selfsame radius another ship, vaster, more inspiring, calling forth initiative even more intense, idealism even more profound--the Ship of State. D IS IN THE MIDST OF PRACTICALLY OPEN COUNTRY WHILE WE ARE SPEAKING OF RAPIDITY WE MUST LOOK OVER TOWARD THE VICTORY PLANT AT SQUANTUM THAT MIRACULOUS MARSH WHICH WAS DRAINED WITH SUCH EXPEDITION THAT JUST TWELVE MONTHS FROM THE DAY GROUND WAS BROKEN FOR ITS FOUNDATION IT LAUNCHED ITS FIRST SHIP AND LESS THAN TWO YEARS AFTER COMPLETED ITS ENTIRE CONTRACT SURELY NEVER IN THE HISTORY OF SHIP BUILDING HAVE BRAIN AND BRAWN WORKED SO BRILLIANTLY TOGETHER IN THIS WAY THEN THE HISTORY OF THE SHIPS THAT HAVE SAILED THE SEVEN SEAS HAS BEEN BUILT UP AT QUINCEY A DRAMATIC HISTORY AND ONE INSTINCT WITH THE BEAUTY WHICH IS PART OF THE GLIDING CANOE AND WHITE SAILS AND PART TWO OF THE HUGE SMOOTH SLIPPING MONSTERS OF A MODERN DAY SLEEK AND SWIFT AS LEVIATHANS BUT ALL THE WHILE THE BUILDING OF THESE SHIPS HAS BEEN GOING ON THERE HAS BEEN SLOWLY RISING WITHIN THE SELF SAME RADIUS ANOTHER SHIP VASTER MORE INSPIRING CALLING FORTH INITIATIVE EVEN MORE INTENSE IDEALISM EVEN MORE PROFOUND THE SHIP OF STATE
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