Watson and the Shark, by John Singleton Copley, 1778. National Gallery of Art, Washington DC.
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Waves generated by the Indian Ocean tsunami in 2004 reached the shores of Peru and Nova Scotia.
The legislator is like the navigator of a ship on the high seas. He can steer the vessel on which he sails, but he cannot alter its construction, raise the wind, or stop the waves from swelling beneath his feet.
—Alexis de Tocqueville, 1835
