Chambers's encyclopaedia; a dictionary of universal knowledge . There are two of schooners—the fore-and-aft schooner,or schooner proper, and the topsail SCHOONER SCHOPENHAUER 221 schooner. In the former botli foremast and main-mast are li^ged like tlie mainmast of a cutter, withfore-anil-aft Sails (). In the latter the foremastcarries a square topsail and a square topgallant-sail. Topsail schooners, lhou^;h carryinj; no S(iuareforesail, have a squaresail for runninj, free whiclisets from the declc. On a wind the former righas a great advantage, as the schooner can sail upwithin 4h
Chambers's encyclopaedia; a dictionary of universal knowledge . There are two of schooners—the fore-and-aft schooner,or schooner proper, and the topsail SCHOONER SCHOPENHAUER 221 schooner. In the former botli foremast and main-mast are li^ged like tlie mainmast of a cutter, withfore-anil-aft Sails (). In the latter the foremastcarries a square topsail and a square topgallant-sail. Topsail schooners, lhou^;h carryinj; no S(iuareforesail, have a squaresail for runninj, free whiclisets from the declc. On a wind the former righas a great advantage, as the schooner can sail upwithin 4h or even i points of the wind ; but beforethe wind the square topsail gives the advantage. Fore-and-aft Kigged Schooner. to the topsail schooner; and as the latter can onoccasion strike her squaresails, and set a fore-and-aft topsail in their place, she has usually the pre-ference. No sailing-vessel is faster than a schoonerof fine build when she carries ample canvas ; henceit is a favourite form for the larger class of Yachts(), anil before the introduction of steam dcs|>atch-vcssels was employed much in the packet are still employed to a great extent inthe merchant service for running small cargoes,and especially those of perishable goods, as fish orfresh fruit. They are easily managed by a smallcrew, but, from the sharpness of their build, haveno great amount of stowage. Schopenhauer, Arthur, the founder ofsystematic moilern Pessimism (), was born atDanzig, 22d February 1788. His father was abanker; his mother, Johanna Trosina (1766-183S). wrote twenty-four volumes of novels andnovelettes, ami on iier husbamls death settled in1806 at Weimar,
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