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Joy on the open sea.(Brief article)

National Review

| March 24, 2008 | Buckley, William F., Jr. | COPYRIGHT 2008 National Review, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

AH, but the sea always has something lying in wait for you. Perhaps, in my last years, I'll deny it the opportunity to vex me. But if so, how can I draw from it those fleeted moments? You have shortened sail just a little, because you want more steadiness than you are going to get at this speed, the wind up to twenty-two, twenty-four knots, and it ...

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