Is it an illusion of mine, or do we not already observe in England, during the past year, a new interest and pride in our Trans-Atlantic service, which now ranks close to the Navy in the popular affections?
"America To-day, Observations and Reflections"
William Archer
As late as the middle of the nineteenth century, it would be a principal argument for the construction of a Trans-continental railway.
"The Virginia Company Of London, 1606-1624"
Wesley Frank Craven
Nearly all the captains, for instance, of our great Trans-atlantic liners, whose duties in storm or fog keep them on the bridge on continuous duty for forty-eight, sixty, and even seventy-two hours at a stretch, with thousands of lives depending upon their courage and their judgment, are total abstainers.
"A Handbook of Health"
Woods Hutchinson