And here, shipmates, is true and faithful repentance; not clamorous for pardon, but grateful for punishment.
And here, shipmates, is true and faithful repentance; not clamorous for pardon, but grateful for punishment.
In this world, shipmates, sin that pays its way can travel freely, and without passport; whereas Virtue, if a pauper, is stopped at all frontiers.
The tempest was terrible and separated me from my other vessels that night, putting every one of them in desperate straits, with nothing to look forward to but death. Each was certain the others had been destroyed. What man ever born, not excepting Job, who would not have died of despair, when in such weather seeking safety for my son, my brother, shipmates, and myself, we were forbidden access to the land and the harbors which I, by God's will and sweating blood, had won for Spain.
That's how it struck me, first day or two in isolation. I'd looked around for old shipmates, like a guy does, but didn't see any.
The heroes of Cole achieved what they were reaching for. They made a difference on their ship, with their shipmates and in our Navy and forever in our history. May they rest in peace,
The American people should be so proud of the U.S. Navy. These are fine young people and they were brave, and what those who were injured wanted to do was to get back and support their shipmates,
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