We have failed to instruct these... gentlemen of the deck in the advantages of an entire day without the tragedy of drink, or in the habit of a weekly bath.

( Spoken matter-of-factly, in the way of a condemned man who has grown eerily fond of his noose. Perhaps Mr. Briggs, being acquainted with the ways of the ship, can be permitted a certain pessimism towards its people.

And if he is not made this natural allowance, he will claim it with his two hands: )

You truly believe we will be more successful with the benefits of equality between the sexes?