It is not when the cable lies coiled up on the deck that you know how strong or how weak it is; it i...

It is not when the cable lies coiled up on the deck that you know how strong or how weak it is; it is when it is put to the test.

Henry Ward Beecher

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American clergyman and activist

June 24th, 1813 - March 8th, 1887