"When the anchor is off the ground and the ship begins a voyage one of the first orders is "a hand aloft to the lookout."

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“The maritime importance of a nation in the ways of commerce is not wholly measured by the numbers and tonnage of fast and luxurious steamships possessed, but rather by the countless smaller and perhaps unimposing vessels that carry its national flag to remote places.”

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