Quotation from: The People of the Abyss

Written by: Jack London


I was on the seafaring-man-who-had-lost-his-clothes-and-money tack, and
they all condoled with me and gave me much sound advice. To sum it up,
the advice was something like this: To keep out of all places like the
spike. There was nothing good in it for me. To head for the coast and
bend every effort to get away on a ship. To go to work, if possible, and
scrape together a pound or so, with which I might bribe some steward or
underling to give me chance to work my passage. They envied me my youth
and strength, which would sooner or later get me out of the country.
These they no longer possessed. Age and English hardship had broken
them, and for them the game was played and up.

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