The author of the quote, Johnson, was renowned as a heartless and pompous, condescending supercilious elitist. The author of the statement "I only suppose it would be prison if you'd left your heart ashore. is a welll known Mudcatter given to healing those who need healing, laughoing with those who have earned it, weeping for beauty or joy, and occasionally swinging from the deck against those who engage in supcilious condescension. In this world you take your own free choice of what kinds of people and what kinds of beliefs you wish to associate with, but personally I'd back Jen against Dr Johnson any day of the week.

Noone who has spent time at sea other than as an meretricious idler like Johnson could come up with a quote like his.

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