R. M. Ballantyne Quotes

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To part is the lot of all mankind. The world is a scene of constant leave-taking, and the hands that grasp in cordial greeting today, are doomed ere long to unite for the last time, when the quivering lips pronounce the word - Farewell

R. M. Ballantyne

The Voice of Ocean is constantly discoursing of many interesting and stirring truths and events to those who are disposed to listen.

R. M. Ballantyne

But although we have noticed the ark as being the first ship, we cannot with propriety place it in the front of the history of navigation. After the flood the ark seems to have been soon forgotten, or at least imperfectly remembered, and men reverted to their little canoes and clumsy boats, which sufficed for all their limited wants. It was not until about a thousand years later in the world

R. M. Ballantyne

There is a voice in the waters of the great sea. It calls to man continually. Sometimes it thunders in the tempest, when the waves leap high and strong, and the wild winds shriek and roar, as if to force our attention. Sometimes it whispers in the calm, and comes rippling on the shingly beach in a still, small voice, as if to solicit our regard.

R. M. Ballantyne

R. M. Ballantyne

R. M. Ballantyne

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Born: April 24, 1825

Died: February 8, 1894 (aged 68)

Bio: Robert Michael Ballantyne was a Scottish author of juvenile fiction who wrote more than 100 books. He was also an accomplished artist, and exhibited some of his water-colours at the Royal Scottish Academy.

Known for:

The Coral Island (1858)
The Gorilla Hunters (1861)
Martin Rattler (1858)
Hunted and Harried (1891)

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