Later I thought that maybe I had made something of value after all.

或许我毕竟还是做了件有价值的事。

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When I had made something more than a League of Way by the help of this Current or Eddy, I found it was spent and serv'd me no farther.

这股回流把我冲向海岛方向三海里之后，它的力量已成了强弩之末，再也不能把船向前推进了。

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And I knew they had each made something for me： bookmarks carefully cut， colored， and sometimes pasted together; cards and special drawings; liquid embroidery doilies， hand-fringed， of course.

我知道他们每个人也都为我做了礼物：仔细剪裁、着色，或已粘集成串的书签；贺卡和特别绘制的图片；透明的镶边碗碟垫布，当然是手工编制的流苏。

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As I hopped on, I heard something that made no sense: all flights across the country had been grounded.

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Just making something good, something over which I had control, made it worthwhile, at least until Hart-Hanks management began to figure out what they had bought.

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"(They) made me realize that I had value and worth and that I meant something, " he said.

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