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像他的前任一样，十九世纪中叶的普通水手在许多方面都是残酷的动物。从表面上看，他没有任何人类的感觉，但在所有崎ava的野蛮人的背后，却有一颗宽大而慷慨的心。事实是，这种表面上的或真正的冷酷无情是一种制度的结果，这种制度的影响是有害的，它导致连续几代的航海人员如果虚张声势，只能获得虚荣的声誉，他们就会虚荣膨胀。这种野心并不是那些受过严重教育而被忽视的人的专有权。服务中一些受过良好教育的人自豪地分享了它。但是，我不希望他们中的许多人接受的是非常普通的基础教育。但是，尽管如此，他们与所拥有的很少的人相处得并不寻常。福斯特先生1870年的《教育法案》与卫斯理卫理公会一起，为废除曾经是乡绅和牧师的特殊省份的无知栽培做出了许多努力。在其他影响中，董事会学校彻底改变了（特别是在乡村和海港镇）与异教徒主义接壤的条件，并且没有哪个工人阶级比那个海员更能从那位出色的奎克教徒建立的宣传中受益，而这正是他的最佳表现努力使每个英国孩子，无论多么贫穷，都应该接受教育。

Windjammers and Sea Tramps is a classic sea adventure/sea exploration biography by Walter Runciman. "I went in at the hawse-hole and came out at the cabin window." It was thus that a certain North Country shipowner once summarised his career while addressing his fellow-townsmen... Read Full Overview

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Windjammers and Sea Tramps is a book written by Walter Runciman and first published in 1905. The book is a collection of stories and accounts of the author's experiences as a sailor on board various windjammers and tramp steamers during the late 19th and early 20th centuries... Read Full Overview

Windjammers and Sea Tramps is a book written by Walter Runciman and published in 1905. It is a collection of stories and sketches about the author's experiences as a sailor on board windjammers and tramp steamers. The book covers Runciman's travels to various parts of the world,... Read Full Overview

In diesem Buch von W. G. Runciman werden die Leser auf eine Seereise mitgenommen und erfahren, wie sich das Leben auf den Gro seglern, den Windjammern, gestaltete. Lebhafte Ausf hrungen und ansprechende Zeichnungen zeichnen dieses Buch in besonderem Ma e aus.

Sir Walter Runciman (1847-1937) was "a Geordie of Scots descent who ran away to sea at 11, was a master mariner by 21 and founded a shipping line". He also served briefly as a Liberal Member of Parliament. In 1889, Runciman founded the South Shields Shipping Company on the south... Read Full Overview