Captain James Cook

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    “The boatswain’s mate was very sedate,
    Yet fond of amusement, too;
    And he played hopscotch with the starboard watch,
    While the captain tickled the crew.”
    —Charles Edward Carryl (1841–1920)

    “Philosophy is at once the most sublime and the most trivial of human pursuits. It works in the minutest crannies and it opens out the widest vistas. It ‘bakes no bread’, as has been said, but it can inspire our souls with courage.”
    —William James (1842–1910)

    “I alternate between reading cook books and reading diet books.”
    —Mason Cooley (b. 1927)