"The Sea! the Open Sea ! >: 



seldom been lacking, who loving knowledge 

 for its own sake have been content to labour 

 patiently, not for money, not for fame, not for 

 immediate results, but for the simple delight of 

 better understanding the world around them, and 

 for the benefit of future generations. 



And indeed, if once we begin clearly to realise 

 that the things which we see and hear, the 

 wonders of Land and Ocean, are the outcome 

 and expression of Divine Thought, we shall 

 scarcely deem time wasted, which is spent in 

 trying to find out a little more about those 

 wonders. 



