In the canon
The Cruise of the Snark
- Form
- Form Travel Writing
- Year
- Year 1911
- Pages
- Pages 250
The Snark was built to be the sturdiest small boat afloat, and she leaked before San Francisco dropped astern. Her sides leaked, her bow leaked, her engine sulked in its bed, and she would not heave to, the one thing a boat far from land must do.
The thing I like most of all is personal achievement—not achievement for the world’s applause, but achievement for my own delight.
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