human
I might do, said he,
gpt
How does it happen that every canoeist is so perfectly certain that he has the best canoe and the best rig in existence?
human
That is one of the great merits of canoeing, replied the Commodore.
gpt
It makes every man contented, and develops in him decision of character. I've known a canoeist to have a canoe so leaky that he spent half his time bailing her out, and rigged in such a way that she would neither sail nor do anything in a breeze except capsize; and yet he was never tired of boasting of the immense superiority of his canoe. There's a great deal of suffering in canoeing, continued the Commodore, musingly,