Harper's New Monthly Magazine Volume 34 December 1886 to May 1887 . THE aRGO. increasing- the size of the boats till thesails and oars could not move them, andthen increased the size of the sails and theoars till the boats could not carr}^ how they capsized and foundered,got taken aback and got pooped, ran onrocks and went to pieces, and how event-ually they found out the happy mediumin all things, and made a ship that couldcarry her canvas squarely, sail with drydecks, and answer her helm, need not berelated here. Centuries passed with aterrible annual loss of life, and then menmade
Harper's New Monthly Magazine Volume 34 December 1886 to May 1887 . THE aRGO. increasing- the size of the boats till thesails and oars could not move them, andthen increased the size of the sails and theoars till the boats could not carr}^ how they capsized and foundered,got taken aback and got pooped, ran onrocks and went to pieces, and how event-ually they found out the happy mediumin all things, and made a ship that couldcarry her canvas squarely, sail with drydecks, and answer her helm, need not berelated here. Centuries passed with aterrible annual loss of life, and then menmade a slave of steam, and bridgedoceans, so that nations might exchangetheir commerce and their peoples. It was my privilege when in Egyptduring the recent war to be on board oneof the ships ttiat took part in Lord Wolse-leys naval demonstration in the Bay ofAboukir. I saw then the stateliest warfleet that within the memory of my gen-eration has ever sailed the seas in orderof battle. With the squadron I passed the scenes of Nelsons victories, and wit-nessed—the ve
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