L’abbiamo sicuramente letto in molti, è tra i più celebrati libri marinari mai pubblicati, un piccolo indovinello letterario per trovare chi l’ha scritto:
"I had already found that it was not good to be alone, and so made companionship with what there was around me, sometimes with the universe and sometimes with my own insignificant self; but my books were my friends, let fail all else"