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As many arrows, loosed several ways, come to one mark ... so may a thousand actions, once afoot, end in one purpose.
— William Shakespeare · Henry V
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Our reading
An editorial interpretation.
Arrows fired from different places can all land on one target. Shakespeare uses that picture to say many separate actions can still serve a single purpose. It makes scattered effort sound coordinated, heading toward the same mark.
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