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Each smuggler has his own trade secrets ; as a rule each works by himself and
independently of all others , and if one trick fails he has a dozen others up his
sleeve . But the ethics , the principles , the reasons for smuggling are much the
same ...
Each smuggler has his own trade secrets ; as a rule each works by himself and
independently of all others , and if one trick fails he has a dozen others up his
sleeve . But the ethics , the principles , the reasons for smuggling are much the
same ...
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... himself , - or at most upon a few of his own kind . Bravery in some degree is
essential , for smuggling always means risk and a coward , moreover , usually
gives himself away to an observant person . For this reason SMUGGLER
PIRATES 13.
... himself , - or at most upon a few of his own kind . Bravery in some degree is
essential , for smuggling always means risk and a coward , moreover , usually
gives himself away to an observant person . For this reason SMUGGLER
PIRATES 13.
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For this reason , too , he must be a good actor , a man who can assume a mask
or another character , who can act the innocent , honest gentleman convincingly .
He must be decisive , for often a hair - trigger decision means failure or success ...
For this reason , too , he must be a good actor , a man who can assume a mask
or another character , who can act the innocent , honest gentleman convincingly .
He must be decisive , for often a hair - trigger decision means failure or success ...
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Sir Francis Drake , was in his way a smuggler , though we think of him always as
a great navigator , an admiral , a privateer and the forerunner of the buccaneers ,
while the Spaniards , with good reason , always did and always will consider ...
Sir Francis Drake , was in his way a smuggler , though we think of him always as
a great navigator , an admiral , a privateer and the forerunner of the buccaneers ,
while the Spaniards , with good reason , always did and always will consider ...
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The early colonial smugglers along our coasts , though no doubt partly actuated
by purely selfish motives and through inherited instincts from their English
ancestors , had far better and more valid reasons for turning to the smuggling
trade ...
The early colonial smugglers along our coasts , though no doubt partly actuated
by purely selfish motives and through inherited instincts from their English
ancestors , had far better and more valid reasons for turning to the smuggling
trade ...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Smugglers and Smuggling |
| Author | Alpheus Hyatt Verrill |
| Publisher | Duffield, 1924 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 26 Oct 2007 |
| Length | 327 pages |
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