"The sea is selective, slow at recognition of effort and aptitude but fast in sinking the unfit."
— Felix Riesenberg

January 1, 1970

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Remark made as Marine Superintendent of the State University of New York Maritime College; cadets are thaught the quotation as The Riesenberg Saying.