The clipper ship era : an epitome of famous American and British clipper ships, their owners, builders, commanders, and crews 1843-1869 . o a,09 o The Clipper Ship Crews 131 Father Taylor had little to say about the treat-ment of sailors on shipboard, for he knew that theywere treated with humanity and according to theirdeserts, but he did have a great deal to say abouttheir life and vile associations on shore; he onceprayed with unconscious humor, that Bacchus andVenus might be driven to the ends of the earth andoff it. He possessed a marvellous power of de-scription, and perhaps no poe
The clipper ship era : an epitome of famous American and British clipper ships, their owners, builders, commanders, and crews 1843-1869 . o a,09 o The Clipper Ship Crews 131 Father Taylor had little to say about the treat-ment of sailors on shipboard, for he knew that theywere treated with humanity and according to theirdeserts, but he did have a great deal to say abouttheir life and vile associations on shore; he onceprayed with unconscious humor, that Bacchus andVenus might be driven to the ends of the earth andoff it. He possessed a marvellous power of de-scription, and perhaps no poet or painter has morevividly portrayed the ever-changing moods of theocean. He used these superb sea pictures as meta-phors and illustrations. I have a clear remem-brance of some of them and recall them with grati-tude, but no words of mine can convey an adequateimpression of their beauty and grandeur; his wasa genius that eludes description. It was once said of Father Taylor that he hatedthe devil more than he loved God, but I think who-ever said this could not have understood him, forthe affection, tenderness, and substantial hel
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