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 On Board Ship

HEN you are on shore, you would like to be on the ship which is just sailing; when you are on board ship, you would like to be on the shore which is far away. When I was in England, I kept thinking of how nice it is to be home. When I am home, perhaps I shall be thinking of how much finer and better it is to be in England than anywhere else.

I have seen greatness and power, wealth, prosperity, and an incomparably high standard of achievement. Never have I felt sad at the idea that we form only a small and imperfect corner of the world. To be small, unsettled, and uncompleted is a good and valiant mission. There are large and splendid Atlantic liners with three funnels, first class steamboats which rumble along on the