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The sea is selective, slow at recognition of effort and aptitude but fast in the sinking of the unfit.
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No literature is richer than that of the sea. No story is more enthralling, no tradition is more secure.
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An excellent monument might be erected to the Unknown Stockholder. It might take the form of a solid stone ark of faith apparently floating in a pool of water.
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Felix Riesenberg
Born:
April 9, 1879
Died:
1939
(aged 59)
Bio:
Felix Riesenberg was an American maritime officer and writer of maritime professional, historical, and fictional literature in the early 20th Century.
Known for:
Under Sail (1918)
Cape Horn (1939)
MEN ON DECK MASTER MATES & CRE
The Story of the Naval Academy
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