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You may depend on it, that it is more in your own power than in any one else’s to promote both your comfort and advancement.
— Admiral Collingwood
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An editorial interpretation.
The statement places greater power to improve comfort and advancement with the individual than with anyone else. Its assurance makes the claim sound encouraging and firm. Read as advice, it directs attention toward personal agency while expressing the speaker's judgment about where the strongest influence lies.
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