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occasions in which a sailor, without dishonour, may well wish
himself dead; and I have no doubt that of those who had the
experience of their ship taking the ground, 90 per cent. did
actually for five seconds or so wish themselves dead.
"Taking the ground" is the professional expression for a ship that
is stranded in gentle circumstances. But the feeling is more as if
the ground had taken hold of her. It is for those on her deck a
surprising sensation. It is as if your feet had been caught in an
imponderable snare; you feel the balance of your body threatened,
and the steady poise of your mind is destroyed at once. This
sensation lasts only a second, for even while you stagger something
seems to turn over in your head, bringing uppermost the mental
exclamation, full of astonishment and dismay, "By Jove! she's on
the ground!"
And that is very terrible. After all, the only mission of a
seaman's calling is to keep ships' keels off the ground. Thus the
moment of her stranding takes away from him every excuse for his
continued existence. To keep ships afloat is his business; it is
his trust; it is the effective formula of the bottom of all these
vague impulses, dreams, and illusions that gyilai：
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