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Joshua Slocum has 27 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:
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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…
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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…
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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…
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If the Spray discovered no continents on her voyage, it may be that there were no more continents to be discovered. She…
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Nothing escapes the vigilance of the New South Wales police; their reputation is known the world over.
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They made a shrewd guess that I could give them some useful information, and they were the first to meet me. Some…
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I once knew a writer who, after saying beautiful things about the sea, passed through a Pacific hurricane, and he became a…
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Remember, Lord, my ship is small and thy sea is so wide!
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To young men contemplating a voyage I would say go. The tales of rough usage are for the most part exaggerations, as…
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Good work in the building of my vessel stood me always in good stead.
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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…
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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…
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Here the people could stand it no longer and complained of the long voyage; but the Admiral cheered them as best he…
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Armed with madness, I go on a long voyage.
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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…
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The nearer I approach death the more I feel like one who is in sight of land at last and is about…
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...that one most perilous and long voyage ended, only begins a second; and a second ended, only begins a third, and so…
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She belonged to a different age, but being so entire, so complete, would always stand up on the horizon, stone-white, eminent, like…
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Ramil met Tashi's eyes with a mischievous look. "Now Wife we have a long voyage ahead of us with no interruptions, no…
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