The sea is selective, slow at recognition of effort and aptitude but fast in sinking the unfit..

An excellent monument might be erected to the Unknown Stockholder. It might take the form of a solid stone ark of faith apparently floating in a pool….

No literature is richer than that of the sea. No story is more enthralling, no tradition is more secure..

No matter how important a man at sea may consider himself, unless he is fundamentally worthy the sea will some day find him out..