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• ‟ The sea has never been friendly to man. At most it has been the accomplice of human restlessness.

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• ‟ A man that is born falls into a dream like a man who falls into the sea. If he tries to climb out into the air as inexperienced people endeavor to do, he drowns.

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• ‟ There is nothing more enticing, disenchanting, and enslaving than the life at sea.

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• ‟ For all that has been said of the love that certain natures (on shore) have professed for it, for all the celebrations it has been the object of in prose and song, the sea has never been friendly to man. At most it has been the accomplice of human restlessness.

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• ‟ A modern fleet of ships does not so much make use of the sea as exploit a highway.

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