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“W4 W^3^... From the old ones there comes more than the wild and beautiful dreams of Sinbad and the Dutchman, more than the sad chanties born of the swelling sea. They give us their gay courage, these men who knew all of the dangers of the sea and the best of pleasure. We know their exultation m the sudden thought, " A seaman, I am, whatever else, first a seaman. " There are some who cannot find on land a man ' s work. These are the restless and unsatisfied who turn to the sea to which they are akin. And out of their wanderings they build great legends of daring and decision. Nor can the glitter of their careers obscure the real service they per- formed — the carriage of goods to every part of the world through every peril of the sea. The old seamen leave us a tradition of romance and something more — a tradition of service, a standard of duty which transcends even their matchless personalities. \ ”
