Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 185
s never left to itself, but the will of the man is there; There is never a moment, day or night, that the vessel does not feel The force of the purpose that shapes her course and the helmsmans watchful care. Some day you will launch your ship, my boy, on lifes wide, treacherous sea,—Be sure your…
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