Peggy Noonan served under Ronald Reagan:

"a man who had the massive presence of a battleship" ... "I wanted to find him, stand close and see his shape, look in those eyes, understand that hugeness" . . . "I used to imagine him as a ... sailor ... ambling down a rolling deck as the ship rolled in the sea. He never fell or had to grab the rails, he just rolled with the swells as they rose and fell."

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