“To stand at the edge
of the sea, to sense the ebb and flow of the tides, to feel the breath of a
mist
moving over a great salt marsh, to watch
the flight of shore birds that have swept up and down
the surf lines of the continents for untold thousands of years, to see the running of the
old eels
and the young shad to the sea, is to have knowledge of things that are as nearly eternal as
any earthly life
can be.”
