If he could not go out into the world, the world could come to him.

Doris Kearns Goodwin
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If he could not go out into the world, the world could come to him. This is a very good saying. When a man is at home, he can do anything. But when a man goes out into the world, no one knows what he is going to do.

If he does not get his own food, others will give him food. If he does not have a place to stay, others will give him a place to stay. He is dependent on the people of the world and they are dependent on him.

The saying means that when a man goes out into the world he has the opportunity to be of more help to people than ever before.

Source: No Ordinary Time: Franklin And Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front In World War Ii

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