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Adelbert 2022-04-19 09:01:31
Rarely turbulent naval battle
Maybe it's because I've always been uninterested in naval battles, and movies about naval battles don't always attract much interest. I'm still used to fighting on land, with the cover of jungles and mountains, and winding roads, which are easier to conceal than the endless sea, and have more...
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Jeffery 2022-03-20 09:01:25
The ship is our home.
Based on the Aubrey-Maturin series of novels by Patrick O'Brian. As many as 20 and a half novels in the series (the last one was not finished), it is known as an encyclopedia of naval warfare in the Napoleonic era. As the protagonist, Captain Jack Aubrey and his friend and ship doctor Stephen...
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World quotes
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Capt. Jack Aubrey: [examining some sheet music on the floor below deck in the Acheron. A French sailor, whom Aubrey thought was dead, suddenly leaps at him. Aubrey stops the sailors' dagger just in time. Aubrey puts his cutlass to the sailors' head. Asks suspiciously] Le Capitaine?
[the Captain?]
French sailor: [strained] L'infirmerie.
[the infirmary]
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[Dinner in the officers' mess. The captain is inebriated, but asks apparently seriously]
Capt. Jack Aubrey: Do you see those two weevils doctor?
Dr. Stephen Maturin: I do.
Capt. Jack Aubrey: Which would you choose?
Dr. Stephen Maturin: [sighs annoyed] Neither; there is not a scrap a difference between them. They are the same species of Curculio.
Capt. Jack Aubrey: If you had to choose. If you were forced to make a choice. If there was no other response...
Dr. Stephen Maturin: [Exasperated] Well then if you are going to *push* me...
[the doctor studies the weevils briefly]
Dr. Stephen Maturin: ...I would choose the right hand weevil; it has... significant advantage in both length and breadth.
[the captain thumps his fist in the table]
Capt. Jack Aubrey: There, I have you! You're completely dished! Do you not know that in the service...
[pauses]
Capt. Jack Aubrey: ...one must always choose the lesser of two weevils.
[the officers burst out in laughter]
