“Alone, alone, all, all alone,
Alone on a wide wide sea!
And never a saint took pity on
My soul in agony.”
― The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
Alone on a wide wide sea!
And never a saint took pity on
My soul in agony.”
― The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
“Unlike the land, where courage and the simple will to endure can often see a man through, the struggle against the sea is an act of
physical combat, and there is no escape. It is a battle against a tireless enemy in which man never actually wins; the most that he can hope for is not to be defeated.”
― Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage to the Antarctic (Illustrated Edition): The Greatest Adventure Story Ever Told
physical combat, and there is no escape. It is a battle against a tireless enemy in which man never actually wins; the most that he can hope for is not to be defeated.”
― Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage to the Antarctic (Illustrated Edition): The Greatest Adventure Story Ever Told
“We had seen God in His splendors, heard the text that Nature renders. We had reached the naked soul of man.”
― Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage
― Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage
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