We've been on the ground too long

Ashleigh 2022-03-19 09:01:03

Our nation has been on the land for too long, always with the smell of earth, thick but dull, deep but dark.
Without the fear of being surrounded by the boundless ocean, there is no courage to challenge the unknown, without the unease of wandering and uncertainty, and there is no perseverance to search hard.
Perhaps not so in South China, but she was early shrouded in philosophy on the plains of North China where she was born, and every effort to rush to the sea was sternly destroyed, perhaps not freed until now.
We've been on the ground too long.

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  • Kenyatta 2021-10-22 14:40:19

    It is more about the daily work and life on the warship. The content is very full and the details are very detailed. If you want to find the feeling of enthusiasm in this movie, don't want it.

  • Cordelia 2022-03-22 09:01:25

    The technical details are a bit outrageous

Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World quotes

  • [Stephen asks how long the Surprise will stay moored off the Galapagos]

    Capt. Jack Aubrey: Oh a week, perhaps.

    Dr. Stephen Maturin: A week?

    Capt. Jack Aubrey: There's no great hurry.

    Dr. Stephen Maturin: Mustn't we make haste for...

    Capt. Jack Aubrey: I'm not even sure it was the Acheron we sighted. And if it was, she'll be well away by now. Like looking for an honest man in parliament.

  • Blakeney: Sir, I think we should be getting back.

    Dr. Stephen Maturin: Naval discipline doesn't operate out here, Mr. Blakeney. I must find a cormorant. And should it indeed prove flightless, you can join me at the Royal Society dinner as codiscoverer.