This ancient galley of oak, in the beauty of its lines, its adaptability for speed, and its general sea-worthiness, cannot be surpassed by our best naval constructors to-day.
"Due North or Glimpses of Scandinavia and Russia"
Maturin M. Ballou
How wrong this surmise was we know, and it serves to show how very wide of the mark it is possible for the constructors of a theory to steer.
"The Boy Aviators in Africa"
Captain Wilbur Lawton
Not that I would accuse the constructors of the piece of any lack of skill.
"An Ocean Tramp"
William McFee