"One ship sails east and one sails west, On the self same winds that blow. It's not the storm, nor the gale, But the set of the sail, That determines the way they go."

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-- jim sequin (brjonseq@aasp.net), August 11, 1999

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that is a poem by Ella - The winds of fate by Ella Wheeler Wilcox One ship drives east and another drives west, With the self-same winds that blow, 'Tis the set of the sails And not the gails That tell them where to go.

Like the winds of the sea are the winds of fate, As we voyage along through life, 'Tis the set of the soul That decides the goal And not the calm or the strife

-- ilza (ilza@pobox.com), August 15, 1999.