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“So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.” F. Scott Fitzgerald

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What does "So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past" from The Great Gatsby really mean?

"Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgastic future that year by year recedes before us. It eluded us then, but that’s no matter—tomorrow we will run faster, stretch out our arms farther. . . . And then one fine morning— So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past." The Great Gatsby Book Quote