--- > while most seamen lead, if one may so express it, a sedentary life. Their minds are of the stay–at–home order, and their home is always with them—the ship; and so is their country—the sea. One ship is very much like another, and the sea is always the same. --- > The conquest of the earth, which mostly means the taking it away from those who have a different complexion or slightly flatter ... noses than ourselves, is not a pretty thing when you look into it too much. ---