"To anticipate and prevent disasterous contingencies would be the part of wisdom and patriotism."

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At almost every step in life we meet with young men from whom we anticipate wonderful things, but of whom, after careful inquiry, we never hear another word. Life certain chintzes, calicoes, and ginghams, they show finely on their first newness, but cannot stand the sun and rain, and assume a very sober aspect after washing day.

— Nathaniel Hawthorne