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Synopsis
Excerpt from Tom Bowline and Jack's the Lad
Anchor Jack. What say you, boy, would you turn a traitor to your crew, and doom the existence of braver men 7 what would you do?
Tom. Join the good king's ship and be a royal sailor, with the title of king upon me.
Anchor Jae/c. We would rather see patriotism than gal lantry. The one cannot be counterfeited; the other can. If you wish to be a king's sailor, change your name to Caution, and let the air. Of cheerfulness ever pervade your every employment, for, like music, it sweetens toil. As a kingsman to please it is not so necessary to say as to leave unsaid. Obedience is your first duty and with a cheerful countenance salute your Officers. From the mysteries of the sea the veil is seldom to be drawn; from the mysteries of love and romance, no, never You are standing on a deck unknown, veiled in mystery, and so am I. Should I raise the veil both of us are lost, for like you I am but a Red Rock disguised in the uniform of the king who shipped me.
Tom. Your example is a most powerful teacher, one by which a sailor can be irresistibly moulded to the true and good.
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