A singular disadvantage of the sea lies in the fact that after successfully surmounting one wave you discover … - Stephen Crane

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One of the hardest things to teach a child is that the truth is more important than the consequences.

Stephen Crane

A singular disadvantage of the sea lies in the fact that after successfully surmounting one wave you discover another behind it just as important and just as nervously anxious to do something effective in the way of swamping boats. In a ten-foot dinghy one can get an idea of the resources of the sea in the line of waves that is not probable to the average experience, which is never at sea in a dinghy.

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