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Richard Henry Dana Jr. was an American lawyer and politician from Massachusetts, a descendant of a colonial family, who gained renown as the author of the classic American memoir Two Years Before the Mast. Both as a writer and as a lawyer, he was a champion of the downtrodden, from seamen to fugitive slaves and freedmen.

American - Politician | August 1, 1815 - January 6, 1882

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As has often been said, a ship is like a lady's watch, always out of repair.

Richard Henry Dana, Jr.

There is a witchery in the sea, its songs and stories, and in the mere sight of a ship, and the sailor's dress, especially to a young mind, which has done more to man navies, and fill merchantmen, than all the pressgangs of Europe.

Richard Henry Dana, Jr.

O sin, what hast thou done to this fair earth!

Richard Henry Dana, Jr.

Thou little bird, thou dweller by the sea, Why takest thou its melancholy voice, And with that boding cry Along the waves dost thou fly? Oh! rather, bird, with me Through this fair land rejoice!

Richard Henry Dana, Jr.

Sin hath broke the world's sweet peace--unstrung Th' harmonious chords to which the angels sung.

Richard Henry Dana, Jr.

The Californians are an idle, thriftless people, and can make nothing for themselves. The country abounds in grapes, yet they buy, at a great price, bad wine made in Boston.

Richard Henry Dana, Jr.

It is always observable that the physical and the exact sciences are the last to suffer under despotisms.

Richard Henry Dana, Jr.