Since the invention of steamships distant countries have become like those that are near at hand.
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As well might it be said that, because we are ignorant of the laws by which metals are produced and trees developed, we cannot know anything of the origin of steamships and railways.
In time of war steamships and improved arms are the most important things.
It is not the ship so much as the skillful sailing that assures the prosperous voyage.
The United States as we know it today is largely the result of mechanical inventions, and in particular of agricultural machinery and the railroad.
Whether it's steamships disrupted by the railroads or railroads disrupted by the airlines, it's typically the large entrenched incumbents that are displaced by innovators.
The inventions and the great discoveries have opened up whole continents to reciprocal communication and interchange, provided we are willing.
We ship owners and our predecessors, all the way back to the dawn of history, operating in majority on private initiative and at our own risk, have been linking the world together much more effectively than governments ever managed to do or will likely ever be capable of doing.
The great difference between voyages rests not with the ships, but with the people you meet on them.
Some countries were able to turn their manufacturing operations into advanced technology areas. South Korea is a great example of this, and manufacturing there is done using advanced technological methods.
Civilization is a movement and not a condition, a voyage and not a harbor.
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