A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for.

John A. Shedd

Salt from My Attic

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Topic

Taking risks

Author

John A. Shedd

Source

Salt from My Attic

Statement Type

Metaphor, analogy and simile

Language

English

Time

1928 1920s 20th century

Occupation

Writer

From

United States

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Citation

Shedd, John A. Salt from My Attic. Mosher Press, 1928.

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A tough but nervous, tenacious but restless race; materially ambitious, yet prone to introspection, and subject to waves of religious emotion... A race whose typical member is eternally torn between a passion for righteousness and a desire to get on in the world.

Samuel Eliot Morison

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American character Americans

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Samuel Eliot Morison
Source
Maritime History of Massachusetts
Genre
Historical literature
Language
English
Time
1921 1920s 20th century
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Citation

Morison, Samuel Eliot. The Maritime History of Massachusetts 1783-1860. Houghton Mifflin Company, 1921, ch. 2.

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I wish to have no connection with any ship that does not sail fast; for I intend to go in harm's way.

John Paul Jones

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Topic
Sailing Taking risks

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John Paul Jones
Medium
Letter
Language
English
Time
1778 1770s 18th century
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Citation

Jones, John Paul. Letter to Le Ray de Chaumont. 16 Nov. 1778.

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Life always gets harder toward the summit-the cold increases, responsibility increases.

Friedrich Nietzsche

The Antichrist

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Achieving great things Adversity

Author

Friedrich Nietzsche
Source
The Antichrist
Genre
Philosophical literature
Statement Type
Metaphor, analogy and simile
Language
German
Time
1895 1890s 19th century
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Nietzsche, Friedrich. Der Antichrist [The Antichrist]. 1895, no. 57.

Current Citation

Nietzsche, Friedrich. "The Anti-Christ." The Twilight of the Idols and Anti-Christ, translated by R. J. Hollingdale. Penguin Classics, 1990, no. 57.