Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 384
best of health, and his compensationis large enough to allow him to lay something byfor old age. He follows the sea as long as he isable to perform his duties. A captain — I believethe ablest captain — of one of our largest Europeanlines, is now seventy-five years old, and he showsno signs of… … IN MID-OCEAN. man of ability, spirit, and ambition will alwaysfind some higher point which he may struggle toattain. But when you have got to be a sea-cap-tain, you have reached the end of your nauticalrope. All you can do is to learn a little by expe-rience ; I say a little, because there will be…
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