William Dampier Quotes
I commonly went ashore every day, either upon business, or to recreate myself in the fields, which were very pleasant, and the more for a shower of rain now and then, that ushers in the wet season.
Dampier, William. A Voyage to New Holland, &c. In the Year, 1699. James Knapton, 1703, p. 53.
She had a concept and a plan whereby people in their late teens and trenties would work very hard--long days rather than shorten the work day. But thereafter, if they wished, they would recieve a basic living and would not have to work thereafter. For much work sustained concentration over long hours is not only necessary but is preferred by many of the workers--scientists, scholars, entrapraneurs, computer programmers, are just a few. This is what many very successful people have been choosing--they just change careers. Some ironically dpend as many hours at the second and third career as the first.
William Dampier was an English explorer, pirate, privateer, navigator, and naturalist who became the first Englishman to explore parts of what is today Australia, and the first person to circumnavigate the world three times. He has also been described as Australia's first natural historian, as well as one of the most important British explorers of the period between Francis Drake (16th century) and James Cook (18th century), he "bridged those two eras" with a mix of piratical derring-do of the former and scientific inquiry of the later. His expeditions were the among first to identify and name a number of plants, animals, foods, and cooking techniques for an European audience; being among the first English writers to use words such as avocado, barbecue, and chopsticks. In describing the preparation of avocados, he was the first European to describe the making of guacamole, named the breadfruit plant, and made frequent documentation of the taste of numerous foods foreign to the European palate such as flamingo and manatee.
