Aug 22– From "Two Years Before the Mast" by Richard Henry Dana Jr. (1840)

 Dana probably tied a bunch of these

Aug 22– From Two Years Before the Mast by Richard Henry Dana Jr. (1840)

Summary: TWO! people get flogged, the crew is depressed, Dana goes ashore.

Commentary: Lots of good quotes today:

 "if you once give a dog a bad name"—as the sailor-phrase is—"he may as well jump overboard." 

I've heard "may as well hang him" but not jump overboard. I guess it makes sense on a boat though.

 I like "The more you drive a man, the less he will do" It's a more direct version of "you catch more flies with honey..." and other similar proverbs. It's not just that being nice will often make people more likely to do what you ask, but that being an ass will actively discourage them.

Finally, "Can't a man ask a question here without being flogged?" which I swear I've seen other versions of, "can't a man X without Y" but Google isn't being forthcoming.