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seamen

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of Seaman

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There were gentlemen and there were seamen in the navy of Charles the Second. But the seamen were not gentlemen; and the gentlemen were not seamen. Thomas Babington Macaulay

Seamen have a custom, when they meet a whale, to fling him out an empty tub by way of amusement, to divert him from laying violent hands upon the ship. Jonathan Swift

We have but very indifferent men in general. Great part of those who ship for seamen know very little of the matter. Benedict Arnold

Seamen learn to get to know each other during a storm. Corsican Proverb

You know who the good seamen are when the storm comes. Greek Proverb

You can tell who the good seamen are during a storm. Greek Proverb

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