Why Major Explorations Are Worth The Risk

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Greeting fellow peers I want to thank you all for coming out to hear my speech.I would like to start off with a quote."Every risk is worth taking, as long as it's for a good cause, and contributes to a good life." ~unknown. I strongly believe major explorations are worth the risk.Why?I say this because taking a risk can help you accomplish new things that either you wanted to do or never did.Listed in front of me I have 3 reasons cite about why major explorations are worth the risk.

For instance, in the text your world page 213, lines 9~12 "I battered the cordons around me. And cradled my wings on the breeze. With rapture, with power, with ease!" From this sentence you see that the speaker was trying to reach their goal of trying

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