| THE AUTHOR WOULD LIKE TO DEDICATE THISVOLUME TO JACK HALE ADAMSON, WHO PILOTEEA YOUNG MARINER TOWARD THE PILLARS OFHERCULES; WHO LEFT HIS YOUTHFUL CHARGESAILING ORDERS AND PRICELESS INSTRUMENTSCOMPASS, ALIDADE, SEXTANT, OF FINELYWROUGHT AND POLISHED BRASS, INLAID WITH(OF ALL THINGS) STEEL; WHO BOARDED THE PILO IBOAT UNWILLINGLY AND NEVER LEARNED THEULTIMATE FATE OF VOYAGER AND CRAFTmWHETHER THEY WERE LOST ON ROCKY, FOG-BOUND SHORES, OR REACHED THAT MIGHTYGATEWAY AND THE OPEN SEAS WHICH LAY BE-YOND. |
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