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" But Nobility, governed by learning and wisdom, is indeed most like a fair ship, having tide and wind at will, under the rule of a skilful master ; when contrariwise, a ship carried, yea with the highest tide and greatest wind, lacking a skilful master,... "
The English Works of Roger Ascham: Preceptor to Queen Elizabeth - Page 219
by Roger Ascham - 1815 - 391 pages
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Shakespeare and Masculinity

Bruce R. Smith - Literary Criticism - 2000 - 194 pages
...indeed most like a fair ship, having tide and wind at will, under the rule of a skilful master, when contrariwise a ship carried, yea, with the highest...either sink itself upon sands or break itself upon rocks."5 Brutus figures as a third ideal type: the man of moderation advocated by humanist education....
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