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Show r "i" 4 "ONI SAIL ONI" Over 300 bravo mom havo paid with their lives the price of progress In tho sclenco of aviation. And moro will follow until the air Is conquered. Theso bold and persistent navigator Jf spneo ore worthy successors of ho great sea hero whose uncoitquor--ible spirit Is so strongly portraypd by loaquln Miller In his famous poem. Columbus:" Jen nd him lay tho gray Azores,' nehlnd tho Gntes of Hercules; Before him not tho ghost of shores; Before him only shoreless seas. Tho good mate said: "Now must wo pray, For lo! tho very stnis aro "boh?, Bravo Admiral speak; wnt sh'rjll I say?" f "Why, sa: 'Soil on! sail on! and on!'" i My men grow mutinous day by day; Tho stout mate thought of homo; ,i sprny My men grow ghustly, won and weak." Of salt wave washed his swarthv cheek. "What shall I say, brave Admiral,- say, If w0 sight nnught but seas at dawn? ' "Why, jou shall say at break of day: 'Sail on! sail on! sal! on! and on!'" They sailed and sailed, ns winds might blow, .j- Untlt at last tho blanched mate Bald: , "Why, now not even God would' know Should I nnd all my men fall dead Theso very winds forget their wuy, For God from these dread soas Is gone. , Now speak, brave Admiral, speak and say " Ho sa d: "Sail On! sail on! and on!" Thoy sailed. Thoy sailed. Then spake tho mato: "This mad sea shows his teeth tonight. to-night. Ho curls bis lip, ho lies In wait, Ho URs his teeth ns IMo blto! Bravo Admiral, say but one good Mord: What shall wo do whon lmnn l gono?" Tho words leaped llko a leap ng sword: "Sail on! sail on! sail on! and on! Thon palo and worn, ho pacod- his deck, And peered throufh durkness. Ah, that night Of all dark nights! And then a speck, A light! A light! At last a light! It wow, n, starlit flag unrurled! It grew to bo Times burst of dawn '!o gained a world; ho gave t( t world 'b g ondest 1 sson 'On' sail out |