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> [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joshua-slocum/and-now-without-having-wearied-my-friends-i-hope-with-detailed/)

[Joshua Slocum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joshua-slocum/)

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## More by Joshua Slocum

> [If the Spray discovered no continents on her voyage, it may be that there were no more continents to be discovered. She did not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joshua-slocum/if-the-spray-discovered-no-continents-on-her-voyage-it-may-be-that/)

[Joshua Slocum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joshua-slocum/)

> [But where, after all, would be the poetry of the sea were there no wild waves?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joshua-slocum/but-where-after-all-would-be-the-poetry-of-the-sea-were-there-no-wild/)

[Joshua Slocum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joshua-slocum/)

> [Remember, Lord, my ship is small and thy sea is so wide!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joshua-slocum/remember-lord-my-ship-is-small-and-thy-sea-is-so-wide/)

[Joshua Slocum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joshua-slocum/)

> [Nothing escapes the vigilance of the New South Wales police; their reputation is known the world over.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joshua-slocum/nothing-escapes-the-vigilance-of-the-new-south-wales-police-their/)

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> [My ship was also in better condition than when she sailed from Boston on her long voyage. She was still as sound as a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joshua-slocum/my-ship-was-also-in-better-condition-than-when-she-sailed-from-boston/)

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> [It was the nearest to a casualty on the Spray in her whole course, so far as I know. The young man having come…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joshua-slocum/it-was-the-nearest-to-a-casualty-on-the-spray-in-her-whole-course-so/)

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> [To young men contemplating a voyage I would say go.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joshua-slocum/to-young-men-contemplating-a-voyage-i-would-say-go/)

[Joshua Slocum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joshua-slocum/)

> [They made a shrewd guess that I could give them some useful information, and they were the first to meet me. Some one said…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joshua-slocum/they-made-a-shrewd-guess-that-i-could-give-them-some-useful/)

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> [Captain Fisher, the commander, with a party of young ladies from the city and gentlemen belonging to his ship, came one day to pay…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joshua-slocum/captain-fisher-the-commander-with-a-party-of-young-ladies-from-the/)

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> [To know the laws that govern the winds, and to know that you know them, will give you an easy mind on your voyage…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joshua-slocum/to-know-the-laws-that-govern-the-winds-and-to-know-that-you-know-them/)

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> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joshua-slocum/to-be-taken-into-account-were-some-years-of-schooling-where-i-studied/)

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> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joshua-slocum/anyhow-a-philosophical-turn-of-thought-now-was-not-amiss-else-one-s/)

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> [...as the day wore on I watched the birds all flying in one direction, and said, Land lies there.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joshua-slocum/as-the-day-wore-on-i-watched-the-birds-all-flying-in-one-direction/)

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> [As for myself, the wonderful sea charmed me from the first.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joshua-slocum/as-for-myself-the-wonderful-sea-charmed-me-from-the-first/)

[Joshua Slocum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joshua-slocum/)

> [I was born in the breezes, and I had studied the sea as perhaps few men have studied it, neglecting all else.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joshua-slocum/i-was-born-in-the-breezes-and-i-had-studied-the-sea-as-perhaps-few/)

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