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Doug, Funny you
should have that Capt. Nemo quote. Years ago it filled a full page in the
back of the Navy’s All Hands
or their in-house submarine magazine. It has been framed on my wall ever
since. R/Jay Respectfully, Jay K. Jeffries Andros Is.,
From: Doug J, My slogan is the name I gave my first psub: Undaunted. The quote I guide my life by is: Don't question authority...they don't
know either. My favorite submarine quote is: Yes, I love it. The sea is everything. It covers
seven-tenths of the globe. Its breath is pure and healthy. It is an
immense desert where a man is never alone, for he can feel life quivering
all about him. The sea is only a receptacle for all the
prodigious, supernatural things that exist inside it; it is only movement and
love; it is the living infinite, as one of your poets has said. And in
fact, Professor, it contains the three kingdoms of nature- mineral, animal and
vegetable. This last is well represented by the four groups of zoophytes,
by the three classes of articulata, by the five classes of molluskes, by the
three classes of vertebrates, mammals and reptiles, and by those innumerable
legions of fish, that infinite order of animals which includes more that
thirteen thousand species, only one tenth of which live in fresh water.
The sea is a ! vast reservoir of nature. The world, so to speak, began
with the sea, and who knows that is will also end with the sea! There
lies supreme tranquility. The sea does not belong to tyrants. On
the surface, they can still exercise their iniquitous rights, fighting,
destroying one another and indulging in their other earthly horrors. But thirty
feet below its surface their power ceases, their influence dies out and their
domination disappears! Ah, Monsieur, one must live- live within the
ocean! Only there can one be independent! Only there do I have no
master! There I am free! Captain Nemo, 2K Leagues, end of chapter 10. Doug Farrow What motivates you to
build a submarine? What is your favorite
quotation or slogan regarding submersibles
or ocean exploration? --Doug J AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more
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