Ideals are like stars: you will not succeed in touching them with your hands, but like the seafaring man on the ocean desert of waters, you choose them as your guides, and following them, you reach your destiny.
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Carl Schurz was a German-American statesman, journalist, and military general born on March 2, 1829, in Germany. He played a significant role in the American Civil War as a Union general and later served as a U.S. senator from Missouri and Secretary of the Interior under President Rutherford B. Hayes. Schurz was known for his advocacy of civil service reform and his commitment to the rights of freed slaves.
1829–1906·lived 77 years
Ideals are like stars: you will not succeed in touching them with your hands, but like the seafaring man on the ocean desert of waters, you choose them as your guides, and following them, you reach your destiny.