Joshua Slocum Quotes and Sayings - Page 1
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“To young men contemplating a voyage I would say go.”
-- Joshua SlocumSource : Joshua Slocum (1985). “The Voyages of Joshua Slocum”, p.381, Sheridan House, Inc.
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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 wind increasing to a gale. The waves rose high, but I had a good ship. Still, in the dismal fog I felt myself drifting into loneliness, an insect on the straw in the midst of the elements.”
-- Joshua SlocumSource : Joshua Slocum (1985). “The Voyages of Joshua Slocum”, p.238, Sheridan House, Inc.
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“But where, after all, would be the poetry of the sea were there no wild waves?”
-- Joshua SlocumSource : Joshua Slocum, Applewood Books (CRT) (2006). “Sailing Alone Around the World”, p.193, Applewood Books
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“The days pass happily with me wherever my ship sails.”
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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.”
-- Joshua SlocumSource : Joshua Slocum, Applewood Books (CRT) (2006). “Sailing Alone Around the World”, p.193, Applewood Books
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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”
-- Joshua SlocumSource : Joshua Slocum (2015). “Sailing Alone Around the World”, p.176, Booklassic
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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 when I sailed overseas; it was worth the while.”
-- Joshua SlocumSource : Joshua Slocum, Applewood Books (CRT) (2006). “Sailing Alone Around the World”, p.280, Applewood Books
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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.”
-- Joshua SlocumSource : Joshua Slocum (1985). “The Voyages of Joshua Slocum”, p.372, Sheridan House, Inc.
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“...as the day wore on I watched the birds all flying in one direction, and said, Land lies there.”
-- Joshua SlocumSource : Joshua Slocum (2009). “The Annotated Sailing Alone Around the World”, p.29, Sheridan House, Inc.
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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 of her probation was eight days.”
-- Joshua SlocumSource : Joshua Slocum (2007). “Sailing Alone: Around the World”, p.184, ReadHowYouWant.com
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“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 pound more than when I sailed from Boston.”
-- Joshua SlocumSource : Joshua Slocum (1985). “The Voyages of Joshua Slocum”, p.372, Sheridan House, Inc.
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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.”
-- Joshua SlocumSource : Joshua Slocum (2009). “The Annotated Sailing Alone Around the World”, p.2, Sheridan House, Inc.
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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.”
-- Joshua SlocumSource : Joshua Slocum (2007). “Sailing Alone: Around the World”, p.188, ReadHowYouWant.com
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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 nut, and as tight as the best ship afloat. She did not leak a drop - not one drop!”
-- Joshua SlocumSource : Joshua Slocum, Applewood Books (CRT) (2006). “Sailing Alone Around the World”, p.278, Applewood Books
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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 round the world; otherwise you may tremble at the appearance of every cloud.”
-- Joshua SlocumSource : Joshua Slocum, Applewood Books (CRT) (2006). “Sailing Alone Around the World”, p.146, Applewood Books
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“Good work in the building of my vessel stood me always in good stead.”
-- Joshua SlocumSource : Joshua Slocum, Applewood Books (CRT) (2006). “Sailing Alone Around the World”, p.275, Applewood Books
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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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“Remember, Lord, my ship is small and thy sea is so wide!”
-- Joshua SlocumSource : Joshua Slocum, Applewood Books (CRT) (2006). “Sailing Alone Around the World”, p.98, Applewood Books
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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 me a visit in the midst of a deluge of rain.”
-- Joshua SlocumSource : Joshua Slocum (2005). “Sailing Alone around the World”, p.95, Shambhala Publications
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“Now, it it well known that one cannot step on a tack without saying something about it.”
-- Joshua SlocumSource : Joshua Slocum, Applewood Books (CRT) (2006). “Sailing Alone Around the World”, p.103, Applewood Books
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“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 the universe and sometimes with my own insignificant self; but my books were always my friends, let fail all else.”
-- Joshua SlocumSource : Joshua Slocum, Applewood Books (CRT) (2006). “Sailing Alone Around the World”, p.145, Applewood Books
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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 one said they came to arrest me, and - well, let it go at that.”
-- Joshua SlocumSource : Joshua Slocum, Applewood Books (CRT) (2006). “Sailing Alone Around the World”, p.168, Applewood Books
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“Nothing escapes the vigilance of the New South Wales police; their reputation is known the world over.”
-- Joshua SlocumSource : Joshua Slocum, Applewood Books (CRT) (2006). “Sailing Alone Around the World”, p.168, Applewood Books
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“As for myself, the wonderful sea charmed me from the first.”
-- Joshua SlocumSource : Joshua Slocum (1985). “The Voyages of Joshua Slocum”, p.226, Sheridan House, Inc.
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