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English, 23.08.2019 01:10 cbwarner1325

Excerpt from -george gray- edgar lee masters
i have studied many times the marble which was chiseled for me-- a boat with a furled sail at rest in a harbor. in truth it pictures not my destination but my life. for love was offered me and i shrank from its disillusionment; sorrow knocked at my door, but i was afraid; ambition called to me, but i dreaded the chances. yet all the while i hungered for meaning in my life. and now i know that we must lift the sail and catch the winds of destiny wherever they drive the boat. to put meaning in one's life may end in madness, but life without meaning is the torture of restlessness and vague desire-- it is a boat longing for the sea and yet afraid. which lines in the poem suggest that finding meaning in one's life can be very dangerous?
a) "a boat with a furled sail at rest in a harbor."
b) "to put meaning in one's life may end in "
c) "yet all the while i hungered for meaning in my life."
d) "we must lift the " and catch the winds of

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