But the Cutty Sark is not due for death, Long ago, her owners sold her foreign, letting sentiment go by the board. She degenerated: her thrifty Portuguese owners cut down her rig so she might be handled by a smaller crew, She was not an economical proposition. They tried to make a guano-carrying sloven of her—of her whose sides had groaned to the close-packed chests of best Pekoe; whose annual cargoes were worth colossal fortunes. trade of war as competently as ever did the horny-handed shedd-backs of yesterday, And the dainty Cutty Sark is for the future to be associated with this training. Those who select the profession of the air will live alongside her, will be encouraged to steep themselves in her undefeated traditions.
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