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           Butthough,tolandsmeningeneral,thenativeinhabitantsoftheseashaveeverregardedwithemotionsunspeakablyunsocialandrepelling;thoughweknowtheseatobeaneverlastingterraincognita,sothatColumbussailedovernumberlessunknownworldstodiscoverhisonesuperficialwesternone;though,byvastodds,themostterrificofallmortaldisastershaveimmemoriallyandindiscriminatelybefallentensandhundredsofthousandsofthosewhohavegoneuponthewaters;thoughbutamoment’sconsiderationwillteachthat,howeverbabymanmaybragofhisscienceandskill,andhowevermuch,inaflatteringfuture,thatscienceandskillmayaugment;yetforeverandforever,tothecrackofdoom,theseawillinsultandmurderhim,andpulverizethestateliest,stiffestfrigatehecanmake;nevertheless,bythecontinualrepetitionoftheseveryimpressions,manhaslostthatsenseofthefullawfulnessoftheseawhichaboriginallybelongstoit.

           Thefirstboatwereadof,floatedonanocean,thatwithPortuguesevengeancehadwhelmedawholeworldwithoutleavingsomuchasawidow.Thatsameoceanrollsnow;thatsameoceandestroyedthewreckedshipsoflastyear.Yea,foolishmortals,Noah’sfloodisnotyetsubsided;twothirdsofthefairworldityetcovers.

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