Joshua Slocum
Joshua Slocum
Joshua Slocumwas the first man to sail single-handedly around the world. He was a Nova Scotian born, naturalised American seaman and adventurer, and a noted writer. In 1900 he wrote a book about his journey Sailing Alone Around the World, which became an international best-seller. He disappeared in November 1909 while aboard his boat, the Spray...
NationalityCanadian
ProfessionExplorer
Date of Birth20 February 1844
CountryCanada
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Evening after evening during this time I read by the light of a candle on deck. There was no wind at all, and the sea became smooth and monotonous.
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I was born in the breezes, and I had studied the sea as perhaps few men have studied it, neglecting all else.
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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 did not seek new worlds, or sail to pow-wow about the dangers of the sea.
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Remember, Lord, my ship is small and thy sea is so wide!
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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 midst of the turbulent Gulf Stream itself. She was jumping like a porpoise over the uneasy waves
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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 changed man.
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As for myself, the wonderful sea charmed me from the first.
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The days pass happily with me wherever my ship sails.
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But where, after all, would be the poetry of the sea were there no wild waves?
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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 also are the tales of sea danger. To face the elements is, to be sure, no light matter when the sea is in its grandest mood. You must then know the sea, and know that you know it, and not forget that it was made to be sailed over.
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To young men contemplating a voyage I would say go.
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Some funeral homes try to guilt families into buying more expensive urns by stamping 'temporary container' on the outside of the cardboard or plastic box that the remains are returned in.
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No king, no country, no treasury at all, was taxed for the voyage of the Spray, and she accomplished all that she undertook to do.
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As if to make up for lost time, she seemed to touch only the high places. Under a sudden shock and strain her rigging began to give out.