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St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)

Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 489

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dards of life aboard our ships are sure tobe high. The law is supposed to be a well-paid pro-fession, yet the young lawyer must sometimeswait years for a remunerative business. I haveno doubt that sea-captains as a class are betterpaid to-day than are lawyers. The mariner, itis true, is-compelled… … PhotograiJh by Brown Bros. THE BOAT DRILL AT PELHAM BAY TRAINING STATION. Baltimore clipper-ships were the fastest vesselsthat had ever floated. Here in this new merchant navy of ours therewill be—there are now—opportunities for indi-vidual advancement such as the young manhoodof other nations was…

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