Vincent Van GoghThe fishermen know that the sea is dangerous and the storm terrible, but they have never found these dangers sufficient reason for remaining ashore.
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The fishermen know that the sea is dangerous and the storm terrible, but they have never found these dangers sufficient reason for remaining ashore. They know that the sea is dangerous, but not the storm. The sea is dangerous because it is vast and powerful. It can swallow up a land-lover or drown him in an instant.
It can destroy him without mercy. The storm is terrible because it contains within itself all the terrors which are known to man. It can blow him back to shore or leave him on a rock where he will die of hunger or thirst.
And this is not all. There are other dangers which are even more terrible than these, which you have never heard of.
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