The Ambition Of The Explorer
Jacques Cousteau
No one can absolutely control the direction of his life;
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but each person can certainly influence it.
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The armchair explorers who complain that they never got their “one lucky shot”
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were never really infected by the incurable drive to explore.
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Those who have the bug—go.
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To enlarge the human perspective,
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to build on knowledge for future generations,
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to identify dangers,
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and to chart the course to a better world:
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If these are the goals of the explorer,
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then everyone—voyager, scientist and citizen, parent and child—
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is engaged in humanity’s momentous expedition
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If we were logical, the future would be bleak, indeed.
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But we are more than logical.
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We are human beings,
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and we have faith,
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and we have hope,
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and we can work.
The Ambition Of The Explorer
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