Quotation

Sir Walter Raleigh (to Queen Elizabeth I): "Can you imagine what it is to cross an ocean... For weeks you see nothing but the horizon - perfect and empty... You live in the grip of fear... Fear of storms; fear of sickness on board; fear of the immensity... So you must drive that fear down deep into your belly. Study your charts, watch your compass. Pray for a fair wind, and hope... pure... naked... fragile hope..."