A Defense of Fishermen 



tinue our belief in all that our breth- 

 ren declare they have done or can do. 

 A few thousand years ago the question 

 was impressively asked, "Canst thou 

 draw out leviathan with a hook?" 

 We must not falter, if, upon its repe- 

 tition in the future, a brother replies: 

 "Yes, with a ten-ounce rod;" nor 

 must we be staggered even if an- 

 other declares he has already landed 

 one of these monsters. If Ameri- 

 can institutions are found adequate 

 to the new tasks which Destiny has 

 put upon them in the extension of 

 our lands, the American Chapter of 

 the world's fishermen must not fail 

 by their time-honored methods and 

 practices, and by such truthfulness as 

 belongs to the fraternity in the narra- 

 tion of fishing adventure, to subdue 

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