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Felix Riesenberg
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Felix Riesenberg (9 April 1879 – 19 November 1939) was an American maritime officer and writer of maritime professional, historical, and fictional literature in the early 20th century.
Quotes
The sea is selective, slow at recognition of effort and aptitude but fast in sinking the unfit.
https://www.google.de/books/edition/Living_Again/AaJYAAAAMAAJ?&gbpv=1&bsq=%22The+sea+is+selective%22 Living Again: An Autobiography Felix Riesenberg 1937 2021-10-19
Remark made as Marine Superintendent of the State University of New York Maritime College; cadets are thaught the quotation as The Riesenberg Saying.
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Category:1879 births
Category:1939 deaths
Category:Explorers from the United States