Joshua Slocum Quotes

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• About midnight the fog shut down again denser than before. One could almost "stand on it." It continued so for a number of days, the… Aging
• 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… Accounts
• Captain Fisher, the commander, with a party of young ladies from the city and gentlemen belonging to his ship, came one day to pay me… Belonging
• 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… Continents
• Nothing escapes the vigilance of the New South Wales police; their reputation is known the world over. Escapes
• They made a shrewd guess that I could give them some useful information, and they were the first to meet me. Some one said they… Arrest
• I once knew a writer who, after saying beautiful things about the sea, passed through a Pacific hurricane, and he became a changed man. Beautiful
• Remember, Lord, my ship is small and thy sea is so wide! Lord
• To young men contemplating a voyage I would say go. The tales of rough usage are for the most part exaggerations, as also are the… Contemplating
• Good work in the building of my vessel stood me always in good stead. Building
• 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… Appearance
• My ship was also in better condition than when she sailed from Boston on her long voyage. She was still as sound as a nut,… Afloat
• On this day there was soon wind enough and to spare. The same might have been said of the sea. The Spray was in the… Been
• But where, after all, would be the poetry of the sea were there no wild waves? All
• I had already found that it was not good to be alone, and so I made companionship with what there was around me, sometimes with… All
• Now, it it well known that one cannot step on a tack without saying something about it. Cannot Step
• Was the crew well? Was I not? I had profited in many ways by the voyage. I had even gained flesh, and actually weighed a… Actually Weighed
• 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 of… Amiss
• ...as the day wore on I watched the birds all flying in one direction, and said, Land lies there. All
• As for myself, the wonderful sea charmed me from the first. Charmed

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