If I am going to be drowned — if I am going to be drowned —… - Stephen Crane

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If I am going to be drowned — if I am going to be drowned — if I am going to be drowned, why, in the name of the seven mad gods, who rule the sea, was I allowed to come thus far and contemplate sand and trees?

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Stephen Crane (1 November 1871 – 5 June 1900) was an American novelist, poet and journalist.

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