The person who can see a ship without some feeling of excitement must have very little imagination. Even the idea of leaving the solid land (1) most of us were born and brought (2) and going out on to the ever-moving waters must rouse (3) some feelings of strangeness. We may remember stories of terrible storms, with waves (4) mountains, and of people from ships which have sunk (5) weeks in small boats hundreds of miles from land. But we have also (6) joy of travelling on calm seas under blue (7) and of the (8) excitement of coming to a new beautiful land which we have seen only in pictures before.
(9) ships are not, of course, made chiefly for pleasure: their biggest use is in carrying goods from country to country. (10) ships can carry more goods than (11) means of transport, and can (12) so more cheaply. If ships (13) the British government would not be able to feed (14) A. high us
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