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SS Warrimoo, the Ship That Existed in Two Centuries at Once
On New Year's Eve 1899, the captain of this Pacific liner steamed into history. Or did he?
Digital Collections, The New York Public Library While on board SS Warrimoo, Twain crossed the equator and the international date line, two events he noted in his book: This will breed vacillation and uncertainty in its opinions about religion, and politics, and business, and sweethearts, and everything, and will undermine its principles, and rot them away, and make the poor thing characterless, and its success in life impossible. Helped by smooth seas and open skies, SS Warrimoo at the stroke of midnight found itself right across the aforementioned intersection, its bow pointing south and its stern facing north.
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