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Excerpt from A Sailor-Boy's Log-Book From Portsmouth to the Peiho
For boys who have a longing for the sea this book may prove instructive. They will find herem infor mation about the course Of training through which a sailor-boy must pass, and the trials that he may expect to meet with; about his con¿ict with wind and water, his robust duties, dangerous adventures, and bois terous recreations; about his weeks Of wearisome idleness that breed discontent, and the Opportunities afforded him for seeing the world. But it must be confessed that the book does not present us with an attractive picture Of the naval service; partly from the very nature of the circumstances in which it originated; partly from the author's habit Of regard 'ing the state Of his own feelings as Of primary im portance. He had not then discovered that resolute fulfilment Of duty is sweeter far than happiness.
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