And now, without having wearied my friends, I hope, with detailed scientific accounts, theories, or deductions, I will only say that I have endeavoured to tell just the story of the adventure itself. — 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
...as the day wore on I watched the birds all flying in one direction, and said, Land lies there. — Joshua Slocum Copy Share Image
I was born in the breezes, and I had studied the sea as perhaps few men have studied it, neglecting all else. — Joshua Slocum Copy Share Image
