A ship is a bit of terra firma cut off from the main; it is a state in itself; and the captain is its king.


White jacket; or, The world in a man-of-war (ed. 1850)

Herman Melville Quotes

A ship is a bit of terra firma cut off from the main; it is a state in itself; and the captain is its king.

A ship is a bit of terra firma cut off from the main; it is a state in itself; and the captain is its king.

A ship is a bit of terra firma cut off from the main; it is a state in itself; and the captain is its king.

A ship is a bit of terra firma cut off from the main; it is a state in itself; and the captain is its king.