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THE UNDYING ROMANCE OF THE SEA
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Some of the greatest among men have spoken and written regarding the material progress of mankind as if every new invention for shortening distance, for economising time or labour, and increasing production were but another step in the direction of eliminating romance from the weary world.
Especially has this been said of sea traffic. We are asked to believe that in the tiny vessels1 of Magalhaens, the pestilential hulls3 of Anson’s squadron, or the cumbrous wooden walls of Trafalgar, there dwelt a romance which is now non-existent at sea—that the introduction of the steam-driven ship has been fatal to a quality which in truth belongs not at all to material things, but holds its splendid court in the minds of men. Do they, these mourners over departed romance, hold, then, that misery4 is essential to romance? Is it essential to romantic interest at sea that because of the smallness of the ships, their lack of healthful food, their clumsiness of build and snail-like progress, men should suffer horribly and die miserably5? Truly, if these things are necessary in order that romance shall flourish, we may find them still amongst us both at sea and on land, though[328] happily in ever lessening6 proportion to an improved order of things.
But sober consideration will surely convince us that as far as true romance is concerned the modern ironclad warship7, for instance, need abate8 no jot9 of her claim to the three-decker of last century or the Great Harry10 of our infant Navy. The sight of a 15,000-ton battleship cleared for action and silently dividing the ancient sea in her swift rush to meet the
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1 vessels | |
n.血管( vessel的名词复数 );船;容器;(具有特殊品质或接受特殊品质的)人 | |
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船体( hull的名词复数 ); 船身; 外壳; 豆荚 | |
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4 misery | |
n.痛苦,苦恼,苦难;悲惨的境遇,贫苦 | |
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7 warship | |
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9 jot | |
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10 harry | |
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11 foe | |
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14 fable | |
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16 volition | |
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25 throb | |
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59 costly | |
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60 naval | |
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61 majestically | |
雄伟地; 庄重地; 威严地; 崇高地 | |
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65 sinuous | |
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68 marvel | |
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70 defenders | |
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71 phenomena | |
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72 worthy | |
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73 admiration | |
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74 tug | |
v.用力拖(或拉);苦干;n.拖;苦干;拖船 | |
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76 stolidly | |
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77 quota | |
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