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The sea is at its best at London, near midnight, when you are within the arms of a capacious chair, before a glowing fire, selecting phases of the voyages you will never make.

H. M. Tomlinson

As to the sea itself, love it you cannot. Why should you? I will never believe again the sea was ever loved by anyone whose life was married to it. It is the creation of Omnipotence, which is not of humankind and understandable, and so the springs of its behavior are hidden.

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There is something about a voyage you are barely aware of while you are making it.

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We see things not as they are, but as we are ourselves.

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The right good book is always a book of travel; it is about a life's journey.

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We may doubt the warranty of the priest, but never that of the mathematician.

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H. M. Tomlinson

H. M. Tomlinson

Born: June 21, 1873

Died: February 5, 1958 (aged 84)

Bio: Henry Major Tomlinson was a British writer and journalist. He was known for anti-war and travel writing, novels and short stories, especially of life at sea. He was born and died in London.

Known for:

The sea and the jungle (1912)
Old junk (1918)
London River (1921)
Under the Red Ensign (1922)
Illusion 1915 (1928)

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