I never saw it rain harder even in Australia. But they were out for fun, and rain could not dampen their feelings, however hard it poured.
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And now, without having wearied my friends, I hope, with detailed scientific accounts, theories, or deductions, I will only say that I have endeavoured to tell just the story of the adventure itself.Joshua Slocum
No king, no country, no treasury at all, was taxed for the voyage of the Spray, and she accomplished all that she undertook to do.
Joshua Slocum
As if to make up for lost time, she seemed to touch only the high places. Under a sudden shock and strain her rigging began to give out.
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The first name on the Spray's visitors' book in the home port was written by the one who always said, 'The Spray will come back.'
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If the Spray discovered no continents on her voyage, it may be that there were no more continents to be discovered. She did not seek new worlds, or sail to pow-wow about the dangers of the sea.
Joshua Slocum
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