Not being a sailor, one cannot speak for those who live by the sea, but there must be few landsman indeed who do not love the romance and mystery of the seven seas, and tthe ships, tramps, liners, and battle ships that plough their way here and there, mere atoms in a vast water, The liner, though majestic did, is perhaps the least for in every way more it made to resemble a "oating hotel." The battleship is a sight to inspire admiration and a possessive pride if it belong to one's.
un. The tramp, dirty and ragged, set with an air of me souciance and independence is nearer the real thing, and, of course, the sailing ship, left behind, as it were by mistake, is the complete delight of the are torn away and in their place are the humdrum, ordinary left and right.
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