If the Spray discovered no continents on her voyage, it may be that there were no more continents to be discovered. She did not seek new worlds, or sail to pow-wow about the dangers of the sea. — Joshua Slocum Copy Share Image
To know the laws that govern the winds, and to know that you know them, will give you an easy mind on your voyage round the world; otherwise you may tremble at the appearance of every cloud. — Joshua Slocum Copy Share Image
If the Spray discovered no continents on her voyage, it may be that there were no more continents to be discovered. She did not… — Joshua Slocum Copy Share Image
But where, after all, would be the poetry of the sea were there no wild waves? — Joshua Slocum Copy Share Image
Nothing escapes the vigilance of the New South Wales police; their reputation is known the world over. — Joshua Slocum Copy Share Image
My ship was also in better condition than when she sailed from Boston on her long voyage. She was still as sound as a… — Joshua Slocum Copy Share Image
It was the nearest to a casualty on the Spray in her whole course, so far as I know. The young man having come… — Joshua Slocum Copy Share Image
They made a shrewd guess that I could give them some useful information, and they were the first to meet me. Some one said… — Joshua Slocum Copy Share Image
Captain Fisher, the commander, with a party of young ladies from the city and gentlemen belonging to his ship, came one day to pay… — Joshua Slocum Copy Share Image
To know the laws that govern the winds, and to know that you know them, will give you an easy mind on your voyage… — Joshua Slocum Copy Share Image
To be taken into account were some years of schooling, where I studied with diligence Neptune's laws, and these laws I tried to obey… — Joshua Slocum Copy Share Image
Anyhow, a philosophical turn of thought now was not amiss, else one's patience would have given out almost at the harbour entrance. The term… — Joshua Slocum Copy Share Image
