If you want to build a ship, ...

If you want to build a ship, don\'t drum up people to collect wood and don\'t assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea.
If you want to build a ship, don't drum up people to collect wood and don't assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea.
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