Show Great3llnil lit Sea Many of the gnmtet mlnils of the world haveliecn upon the oceanbut how few great thoughts hivcbrcn I conceived at ta says the Jccun r Men of Uio highest genius seem to be trarLsformed ta soon as they get at a distance l from land in a rolling vessel There is an inability to I control thin mind while at tva a ditUcultyln concentratingtheatten ion on the task of even writing In ones dIary or reading even the l o t ofililli most trilling fiction Even from Ulis experience the best disciplined minds are not free When at home on laud they can without friction or disturbance carry on mental Derations even while many arc talking or playing about them Their faculties are so well poked that Uiey obey the woni of command com-mand but at sea they can do nothing noth-ing with the Intellect Were it not for tlio Imp lblllty of controlling the Intellectual force a ship on along a-long voyage would lie the bet conceivable con-ceivable retreat for those who wIsh to think or writes or read |