... may knock to pieces , without shelter and without compass ! ” “ Without shelter
and compass , Mr . Shipton ! " said Jim Slagg , who had hitherto listened in
silence to the conversation ; “ why , what d ' ye call this ? " ( taking hold of the sail
) .
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Author: Robert Michael Ballantyne
Publisher: Brantford, Ont. : J. & J. Sutherland
ISBN: OXFORD:600057905
Category: Adventure stories
Page: 420
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At the time that Ballantyne wrote this book, submarines were performing the great public service of placing electric cables on the ocean floor to enable trans-Atlantic communication. Much as he did with lifeboats,?Ballantyne emphasizes the importance of his subject matter. Specifically, he?personifies electricity itself, labeling it "the useful and obedient slave of man."?