Joshua SlocumAnd 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 t… ▶371HopeReading
Joshua SlocumBut where, after all, would be the poetry of the sea were there no wild waves? ✨ Joshua Slocum, Applewood Books (CRT) (2006). Sailing Alone Around the World, p.193, Applewoo… ▶352Reading
Joshua SlocumIf 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 dange… ▶376Truth
Joshua SlocumWas 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 … ▶322Politics
Joshua SlocumI 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 insignifican… ▶312ReadingTime
Joshua SlocumTo 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… ▶291DeathPoliticsReading
Joshua SlocumTo 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 e… ▶281PoliticsReadingThought
Joshua SlocumCaptain 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. 338Death
Joshua SlocumI was born in the breezes, and I had studied the sea as perhaps few men have studied it, neglecting all else. ✨ Joshua Slocum (2009). The Annotated Sailing Alone Around the … ▶272Death
Joshua SlocumI once knew a writer who, after saying beautiful things about the sea, passed through a Pacific hurricane, and he became a changed man. ✨ Joshua Slocum, Applewood Books (CRT… ▶262Reading
Joshua SlocumAnyhow, 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. 274ReadingThought
Joshua SlocumTo young men contemplating a voyage I would say go. ✨ Joshua Slocum (1985). The Voyages of Joshua Slocum, p.381, Sheridan House, Inc.3010Humor
Joshua SlocumGood work in the building of my vessel stood me always in good stead. ✨ Joshua Slocum, Applewood Books (CRT) (2006). Sailing Alone Around the World, p.275, Applewood Books277Reading
Joshua SlocumNothing escapes the vigilance of the New South Wales police; their reputation is known the world over. ✨ Joshua Slocum, Applewood Books (CRT) (2006). Sailing Alone Around th… ▶2810Reading
Joshua SlocumOn 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… ▶235Reading
Joshua SlocumMy 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… ▶193Reading
Joshua SlocumNow, it it well known that one cannot step on a tack without saying something about it. ✨ Joshua Slocum, Applewood Books (CRT) (2006). Sailing Alone Around the World, p.103,… ▶226Reading
Joshua SlocumTo 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 … ▶228Truth
Joshua SlocumRemember, Lord, my ship is small and thy sea is so wide! ✨ Joshua Slocum, Applewood Books (CRT) (2006). Sailing Alone Around the World, p.98, Applewood Books174Reading
Joshua SlocumThey 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. <… ▶142Reading
Joshua SlocumAbout 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, … ▶154Thought
Joshua SlocumThe days pass happily with me wherever my ship sails.189Humor
