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It Is Observed At Sea That Men Are Never So Much Disposed To Grumble And Mutiny As When Least Employed. Hence An Old Captain, When There Was Nothing Else To Do, Would Issue The Order To "scour The Anchor.
-Samuel Smiles
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It Is Observed At Sea That Men

Samuel Smiles
It Is Observed At Sea That Men Are Never So Much Disposed To Grumble And Mutiny As When Least Employed. Hence An Old Captain, When There Was Nothing Else To Do, Would Issue The Order To "scour The Anchor.
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