{"product_id":"2940013301405","title":"The Ocean And Its Wonders","description":"CHAPTER ONE.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWHAT THE OCEAN HAS TO SAY--ITS WHISPERS--ITS THUNDERS--ITS SECRETS.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThere is a voice in the waters of the great sea.  It calls to man\u003cbr\u003econtinually.  Sometimes it thunders in the tempest, when the waves leap\u003cbr\u003ehigh and strong and the wild winds shriek and roar, as if to force our\u003cbr\u003eattention.  Sometimes it whispers in the calm, and comes rippling on the\u003cbr\u003eshingly beach in a still, small voice, as if to solicit our regard.  But\u003cbr\u003ewhether that voice of ocean comes in crashing billows or in gentle\u003cbr\u003emurmurs, it has but one tale to tell,--it speaks of the love, and power,\u003cbr\u003eand majesty of Him who rides upon the storm, and rules the wave.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYes, the voice of ocean tells but one tale; yet there are many chapters\u003cbr\u003ein that wonderful story.  The sea has much to say; far more than could\u003cbr\u003epossibly be comprehended in one volume, however large.  It tells us of\u003cbr\u003ethe doings of man on its broad bosom, from the day in which he first\u003cbr\u003eventured to paddle along shore in the hollow trunk of a tree, to the day\u003cbr\u003ewhen he launched his great iron ship of 20,000 tons, and rushed out to\u003cbr\u003esea, against wind and tide, under an impulse equal to the united\u003cbr\u003estrength of 11,500 horses.  No small portion of the ocean's tale this,\u003cbr\u003ecomprising many chapters of deeds of daring, blood, villainy, heroism,\u003cbr\u003eand enterprise.  But with this portion of its story we have nothing to\u003cbr\u003edo just now.  It tells us, also, of God's myriad and multiform\u003cbr\u003ecreatures, that dwell in its depths, from the vast whale, whose speed is\u003cbr\u003eso great, that it might, if it chose, circle round the world in a few\u003cbr\u003edays, to the languid zoophyte, which clings to the rock, and bears more\u003cbr\u003eresemblance to a plant than to a living animal.","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47145623945456,"sku":"2940013301405","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013301405_p0.jpg?v=1763579443","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013301405","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}