Quotes of Mainland - somelinesforyou

“ I don't see America as a mainland, but as a sea, a big ocean. Sometimes a storm arises, a formidable current develops, and it seems it will engulf everything. Wait a moment, another current will appear and bring the first one to naught. ”

- Jacques Maritain

“ We took the ship out of Portland, Oregon, and had completed two round trips between Honolulu and the mainland. Then we went on the ill-starred voyage to New Caledonia. On the way over we had no action. Then we started on the return trip. We were only a short time out of Caledonia-it was on November 8, 1942, at about 19:50-when the torpedo struck. ”

- William M. Thomas
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