As to the sea itself, love it you cannot. Why should you? I will never believe again the sea was ever loved by anyone whose life was married to it. It is the creation of Omnipotence, which is not of humankind and understandable, and so the springs of its behavior are hidden.

Henry Major Tomlinson

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Topic

Ocean and sea

Author

Henry Major Tomlinson

Source

The Sea and the Jungle

Genre

Travel writing

Language

English

Time

1912 1910s 20th century

Occupation

Journalist Writer

From

United Kingdom Europe

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Original Citation

Tomlinson, Henry Major. The Sea and the Jungle. Duckworth & Co., 1912, ch. 1.

Current Citation

Tomlinson, Henry Major. The Sea and the Jungle. Dover Publications, 2015, ch. 1.

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