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The humble admission that sometimes the river beats the boat.
means Carrying a boat and its cargo overland between two stretches of navigable water.
from From French porter, to carry, via Latin portare — the same root that hauls porters, transport, and your portfolio around.
Voyageur ordealFur traders carried 90-pound packs across long portages.
Measured in posesPortages were timed by rest stops, not distance.
Place namesTowns named Portage mark old canoe-carrying paths.