Fate
She was wrecked on 28 July 1840 by a storm while anchored in Mercury Bay off Whitianga and loaded with Kauri spars. Buffalo parted from her cables during a gale. As her crew could not save her, Wood steered her to go ashore on the beach. All the crew except two were saved, but she herself was a total loss.
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Famous quotes containing the word fate:
“I love Italian opera—it’s so reckless. Damn Wagner, and his bellowings at Fate and death. Damn Debussy, and his averted face. I like the Italians who run all on impulse, and don’t care about their immortal souls, and don’t worry about the ultimate.”
—D.H. (David Herbert)
“Thought enables us to see Fate coming.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)
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—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)