#mariner

The Ancient Mariner would not have taken so well if it had been called The Old Sailor. ↗

— Samuel Butler

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#been #called #had #mariner #old

In all parts of the Old World, as well as of the New, it was evident that Columbus had kindled a fire in every mariner's heart. That fire was the harbinger of a new era, for it was not to be extinguished. ↗

— Charles Kendall Adams

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#era #every #evident #extinguished #fire

He has not yet become an elder statesman, though his foreign policy credentials are considerable, but he is certainly our ancient mariner, forever tugging at our sleeve to let him tell his tale of what really happened. ↗

— Ronald Steel

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#become #certainly #considerable #credentials #elder