Carry On, Mr. Bowditch Quotes

“It's a simple matter of mathematics.”
― Jean Lee Latham, Carry On, Mr. Bowditch

“Behind Nat someone chuckled. Nat turned. Dr. Bentley was looking at him with a twinkle. "Is this a political argument?"
Nat shrugged. "No argument at all. Ben's got an article there that talks against the President. I said I didn't want to hear it. I said that sort of thing ought to be stopped."
To Nat's amazement, Dr. Bentley shook his head. "No, Nat. We can't have freedom—unless we have freedom."
Nat stiffened. "Does that mean right to tell lies?"
Dr. Bentley smiled. "It means the right to have our own opinions. Human problems aren't like mathematics, Nat. Every problem doesn't have just one answer; sometimes you get several answers—and you don't know which is the right one.”
― Jean Lee Latham, Carry On, Mr. Bowditch

“We can't have freedom unless we have freedom. And that means freedom to speak our minds.”
― Jean Lee Latham, Carry On, Mr. Bowditch

“[The] reader is not primarily interested in plot. He is interested in what happens because he is interested in the character it happens to. No incident has any place in the story unless it has an emotional impact on the character--and on the reader.

Newbery Acceptance Speech”
― Jean Lee Latham, Carry On, Mr. Bowditch

“Mother did not answer. She was still gazing up at the sky. After a while she said, "I made up a sort of saying for myself, Nat. I will lift up my eyes unto the stars. Sometimes, if you look at the stars long enough, it helps. It shrinks your day-by-day troubles down to size." She smiled. 'We'd better go back. Granny and Father will be wondering where we are.”
― Jean Lee Latham, Carry On, Mr. Bowditch

“A strong man sails by ash breeze!”
― Jean Lee Latham, Carry On, Mr. Bowditch

“Sometimes, if you look at the stars long enough, they sort of shrink your troubles down to size.”
― Jean Lee Latham, Carry On, Mr. Bowditch

“I love you, Elizabeth. I’ve always loved you since you were . . .” And he kissed her.”
― Jean Lee Latham, Carry On, Mr. Bowditch

“It did things to a man, Nat thought, to find out he had a brain.”
― Jean Lee Latham, Carry On, Mr. Bowditch

“Your brain — it's too fast. So you stumble on other people's dumbness — like a chair in the dark. And you want to kick something.”
― Jean Lee Latham, Carry On, Mr. Bowditch

“Years ago,’ Dr. Bentley said, ‘before we won our independence, the Essex Almanac published something about freedom of the press. It was true then; it's just as true now. I may not have the exact words, but it went something like this:

‘The Press is dangerous in a despotic government, but in a free country it is very useful, so long as it is free; for it is very important that people should be told everything that concerns them. If we argue against any branch of liberty, just because sometimes people abuse that liberty, then we argue against liberty itself. In a free country, the press must be free.”
― Jean Lee Latham, Carry On, Mr. Bowditch

“What could he say to Elizabeth’s mother?”
― Jean Lee Latham, Carry On, Mr. Bowditch

“I correspond with quite a few astronomers,” Dr. Holyoke said,”
― Jean Lee Latham, Carry On, Mr. Bowditch

“Captain Prince shrugged. “Not when you’re sure of your longitude.”
― Jean Lee Latham, Carry On, Mr. Bowditch

“Man alive, that’s navigation!”
― Jean Lee Latham, Carry On, Mr. Bowditch

“Nat was by her, holding her hand, when she died.”
― Jean Lee Latham, Carry On, Mr. Bowditch

“Mary will be awfully happy here, won't she? I mean — she knows about to be happy. Being happy takes a lot of practice, don't you think?”
― Jean Lee Latham, Carry On, Mr. Bowditch

“sextant”
― Jean Lee Latham, Carry On, Mr. Bowditch

“Elizabeth’s mother would probably hate the sight o] him. He’d only remind her of the happy months last summer, before he had sailed.”
― Jean Lee Latham, Carry On, Mr. Bowditch

“If only he had a way with words he”
― Jean Lee Latham, Carry On, Mr. Bowditch

“Oh, you!Don’t pay any attention to him, Mr. Bowditch! His nose is out”
― Jean Lee Latham, Carry On, Mr. Bowditch

“I’m getting over it, he told himself. But every time there was a knock on his door, his heart jumped. Maybe it was a message from Elizabeth. But it never was.
Dr. Prince came to see him. "I just wanted to remind you , Nat— the Philosophical Library is still open to you— if you want to read the books.”
Nat thanked him. ‘‘I’ve been thinking about the library, Dr. Prince. I’d like to join it now — if it’s all right with the members."
‘‘More than all right! We’ll be honored to have youl” Dr. Prince’s eyes twinkled. “I’m sure the books will be pleased. No one else has ever understood them so well as you.”
Dr. Holyoke came, wanting to hear all”
― Jean Lee Latham, Carry On, Mr. Bowditch

“Bowditch Ledge astern to the north of them .. .”
― Jean Lee Latham, Carry On, Mr. Bowditch

“another ship passed them, moving steadily against the current.
Johnny was so angry he almost wept. “Look at that, sirl Look! What’s the matter with us? How can that one pass us?”
“She’s in ballast and riding high,” Nat explained "sail, ho-o-o-oo!” 147 wearily. "Her topsails and royals are catching a breeze that’s too high for us.” After one week, the men were hollow-eyed, staggering with weariness. A smart breeze rose abaft the beam. They were almost too tired to cheer, but not too tired to get the Astrea under way in jig time. The wind”
― Jean Lee Latham, Carry On, Mr. Bowditch

“These must be tiny sea animals that glow in the dark, like fireflies.”
Lem released his breath in a long sigh.”
― Jean Lee Latham, Carry On, Mr. Bowditch

“Phosphorescence,”
― Jean Lee Latham, Carry On, Mr. Bowditch

“ship returned from Jamaica — withou' Sammy. He had died of fever in the West Indies.”
― Jean Lee Latham, Carry On, Mr. Bowditch

“brewing.”
― Jean Lee Latham, Carry On, Mr. Bowditch