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The windjammers tall ships from around the world whose very presence bespeaks man's centuries-old struggle against the inexorabilities of the sea.


Deirdre Carmody

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ANDREW G. DEHEL for whatever we lose (like a you or a me) / it's always ourselves we find in the sea
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ERNEST F. HOLLINGS If the sun refused to shine, I'd still be loving you. If mountains crumble to the sea, there will st...
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