You can no more make a sailor of a land-lubber by dressing him up in sea-toggery, and putting a commission into his hands, than you can make a shoemaker of him by filling him with sherry-cobblers.
—Admiral Farragut
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Wednesday, April 30, 2014
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A deadly viper once bit a hole snipe's hide; But 'twas the viper, not the snipe, that died.
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