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11 quotes by Joshua Slocum

Joshua Slocum Joshua Slocum Born (1844-02-20)February 20, 1844 Mount Hanley, Nova Scotia Died November 14, 1909(1909-11-14) (aged 65) Lost at sea (unknown) Cause of death Unknown Nationality British (birth – 1869), American (1869 – death) Known for First solo circumnavigation of the world Joshua Slocum (February 20, 1844 – on or shortly after November 14, 1909) was the first man to sail single-handedly around the world. He was a...
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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... →

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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... →

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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... →

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Nothing escapes the vigilance of the New South Wales police; their reputation is known the world over.

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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... →

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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... →

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It was the nearest to a casualty on the Spray in her whole course, so far as I know. The young man having come on board with compliments made the... →

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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... →

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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... →

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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... →

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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... →

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