William Falconer Quotes

• The effect of sailing is produced by a judicious arrangement of the sails to the direction of the wind.

  William Falconer

  Inspirational, Funny, Wind

  William Falconer (2012). “Falconers Marine Dictionary (1780)”, p.253, BoD – Books on Demand

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• The admiral, or commander in chief of a squadron, being frequently invested with a great charge, on which the fate of a kingdom may depend, ought certainly to be possessed of abilities equal to so important a station and so extensive a command.

  William Falconer

  Fate, Important, May

  William Falconer (2012). “Falconers Marine Dictionary (1780)”, p.3, BoD – Books on Demand

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• Mental agitations and eating cares are more injurious to health, and destructive of life, than is commonly imagined, and could their effects be collected, would make no inconsiderable figure in the bills of mortality.

  William Falconer

  Agitation, Care, Bills

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• Of whatsoever number a fleet of ships of war is composed, it is usually divided into three squadrons; and these, if numerous, are again separated into divisions.

  William Falconer

  War, Numbers, Three

  William Falconer (1784). “An Universal Dictionary of the Marine: Or, A Copious Explanation of the Technical Terms and Phrases Employed in the Construction, Equipment, Furniture, Machinery, Movements, and Military Operations of a Ship”, p.62

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• The simplicity and uniformity of rural occupations, and their incessant practice, preclude any anxieties and agitations of hope and fear, to which employments of a more precarious and casual nature are subject.

  William Falconer

  Practice, Simplicity, Anxiety

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• The admirals of his majesty's fleet are classed into three squadrons, viz. the red, the white, and the blue.

  William Falconer

  Blue, White, Three

  William Falconer (2012). “Falconers Marine Dictionary (1780)”, p.130, BoD – Books on Demand

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• The great weight of the ship may indeed prevent her from acquiring her greatest velocity; but when she has attained it, she will advance by her own intrinsic motion, without gaining any new degree of velocity, or lessening what she has acquired.

  William Falconer

  Degrees, Weight, May

  William Falconer (2012). “Falconers Marine Dictionary (1780)”, p.252, BoD – Books on Demand

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• The anchors now made are contrived so as to sink into the ground as soon as they reach it, and to hold a great strain before they can be loosened or dislodged from their station.

  William Falconer

  Anchors, Made, Strain

  William Falconer (2012). “Falconers Marine Dictionary (1780)”, p.8, BoD – Books on Demand

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• The accumulation of numbers always augments in some measure moral corruptions, and the consequences to health of the various vices incident thereto, are well known.

  William Falconer

  Numbers, Vices, Moral Corruption

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• Hence a ship is said to head the sea, when her course is opposed to the setting or direction of the surges.

  William Falconer

  Sea, Ships, Said

  William Falconer (1830). “A New and Universal Dictionary of the Marine: Being, a Copious Explanation of the Technical Terms and Phrases Usually Employed in the Construction, Equipment, Machinery, Movements, and Military, as Well as Naval Operations of Ships: with Such Parts of Astronomy, and Navigation, as Will be Found Useful to Practical Navigators”, p.438

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• Nor is it the least advantage to health, accruing from such a way of life, that it expose those who follow it to fewer temptations to vice, than persons who live in crowded society.

  William Falconer

  Temptation, Vices, Way

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• In the time of battle the hammocs, together with their bedding, are all firmly corded, and fixed in the nettings on the quarter-deck, or whereever the men are too much exposed to the view or fire of the enemy.

  William Falconer

  Men, Fire, Views

  William Falconer (2012). “Falconers Marine Dictionary (1780)”, p.143, BoD – Books on Demand

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• A long sea implies an uniform and steady motion of long and extensive waves; on the contrary, a short sea is when they run irregularly, broken, and interrupted; so as frequently to burst over a vessel's side or quarter.

  William Falconer

  Running, Sea, Long

  William Falconer (1784). “An Universal Dictionary of the Marine: Or, A Copious Explanation of the Technical Terms and Phrases Employed in the Construction, Equipment, Furniture, Machinery, Movements, and Military Operations of a Ship”, p.201

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• I believe that man will not merely endure; he will prevail. He is immortal, not because he alone among the creatures has an inexhaustible voice, but because he has a soul, a spirit capable of kindness and compassion.

  William Falconer

  Kindness, Believe, Men

  Nobel Prize acceptance speech, 1950.

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• The sacred lamp of day Now dipt in Western clouds his parting day.

  William Falconer

  Sunset, Clouds, Lamps

  William Falconer, John Mitford (1836). “The Poetical Works of William Falconer”, p.59, London, W. Pickering

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• The fleet being thus more inclosed will more readily observe the signals, and with greater facility form itself into the line of battle a circumstance which should be kept in view in every order of sailing.

  William Falconer

  Inspirational, Funny, Views

  William Falconer (2012). “Falconers Marine Dictionary (1780)”, p.131, BoD – Books on Demand

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• Freedom from care and anxiety of mind is a blessing, which I apprehend such people enjoy in higher perfection than most others, and is of the utmost consequence.

  William Falconer

  Blessing, People, Perfection

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• Hence a ship is said to be tight, when her planks are so compact and solid as to prevent the entrance of the water in which she is immersed: and a cask is called tight, when the staves are so close that none of the liquid contained therein can issue through or between them.

  William Falconer

  Issues, Water, Ships

  William Falconer (1784). “An Universal Dictionary of the Marine: Or, A Copious Explanation of the Technical Terms and Phrases Employed in the Construction, Equipment, Furniture, Machinery, Movements, and Military Operations of a Ship”, p.238

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• The head of a ship however has not always an immediate relation to her name, at least in the British navy.

  William Falconer

  British Navy, Names, Ships

  William Falconer (2012). “Falconers Marine Dictionary (1780)”, p.146, BoD – Books on Demand

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• With living colours give my verse to glow: The sad memorial of a tale of woe!

  William Falconer

  Giving, Memorial, Woe

  William Falconer (1807). “The shipwreck, by W. Falconer, with a sketch of his life”, p.8

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• The regular hours necessary to be observed by those who follow country business, are perhaps of more consequence than any of the other articles, however important those may be.

  William Falconer

  Country, Important, May

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