Adequate Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

“When its errands are noble and adequate, a steamboat bridging the Atlantic between Old and New England, and arriving at its ports with the…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Steamboats by this time were becoming a familiar presence on the rivers and coastal waters of America, but not until 1838 did steam-powered ships…

— David McCullough

“crossing the Atlantic under sail remains one of the most fulfilling ways possible to spend a month or so of your precious allotment of…

— John Kretschmer

New York has her wilderness within her own borders; and though the sailors of Europe are familiar with the soundings of her Hudson, and…

— Henry David Thoreau

It is not the ship so much as the skillful sailing that assures the prosperous voyage.

— George William Curtis

We go eastward to realize history and study the works of art and literature, retracingthe steps of the race; we go westward as into…

— Henry David Thoreau

“I used to walk out, at night, to the breakwater which divides the end of the harbor form the broad moor of the salt…

— Mark Doty

“when you first embark on your new life as a watery wanderer, it makes more sense to pick an area you like and learn…

— Rick Page

“Columbus led wooden sailing ships across an ocean, seeking a new world. Today we sail with ships of metal across the cosmic ocean, seeking…

— Daniel Arenson

So far as inland discovery was concerned, the adventurous spirit of the English was that of sailors who land but for a day, and…

— Henry David Thoreau

It is not the going out of port, but the coming in, that determines the success of a voyage.

— Henry Ward Beecher

Life’s a voyage that’s homeward bound.

— Herman Melville