The Conquest Of The Earth... Is Not

I Couldn't Have Felt More Of Lonely Desolation Somehow, Had I Been Robbed Of A Belief Or Had Missed My Destiny In Life.

Any Work That Aspires, However Humbly, To The Condition Of Art Should Carry Its Justification In Every Line.

You Can't, In Sound Morals, Condemn A Man For Taking Care Of His Own Integrity. It Is His Clear Duty.

A Modern Fleet Of Ships Does Not So Much Make Use Of The Sea As Exploit A Highway.

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.