adapted from captain littlepage by sarah orne jewett in this excerpt from the novel the country of pointed firs, the unnamed narrator—a female writer—receives a visit from a retired sea - captain. \i am an old man, as you see,\ said captain littlepage, \and i have been a shipmaster the greater part of my life. you may not think it, but i am above eighty years of age.\ \you must have left the sea many years ago,\ i said. \i should have been serviceable at least five or six years more,\ he answered. now we were approaching dangerous ground, but i asked to hear more with all the deference i really felt. \i had a valuable cargo of general merchandise from the london docks to fort churchill, a station of the old company on hudsons bay,\ said the captain earnestly. \we were delayed in loading, and baffled by head winds and a heavy tumbling sea all the way north. then the fog kept us off the coast; and when i made port at last, it was too late to delay in those northern waters with such a vessel and such a crew as i had. they cared for nothing, and idled me into a fit of sickness; but my first mate was a good, excellent man, so we made what speed we could to get clear of hudsons bay. i meant it to be my last voyage in her, and so it proved. she had been an excellent vessel in her day. of the cowards aboard her i cant say so much.\ hen you were wrecked?\ i asked. 1 select all the correct answers. which two statements best express themes of the passage? when times are hard, the sea provides solace. the older people grow, the wiser they become. progress is a benefit to living in the modern age. travel enhances peoples knowledge of the world. people should value experience more than they do.

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adapted from captain littlepage by sarah orne jewett in this excerpt from the novel the country of pointed firs, the unnamed narrator—a female writer—receives a visit from a retired sea - captain. \i am an old man, as you see,\ said captain littlepage, \and i have been a shipmaster the greater part of my life. you may not think it, but i am above eighty years of age.\ \you must have left the sea many years ago,\ i said. \i should have been serviceable at least five or six years more,\ he answered. now we were approaching dangerous ground, but i asked to hear more with all the deference i really felt. \i had a valuable cargo of general merchandise from the london docks to fort churchill, a station of the old company on hudsons bay,\ said the captain earnestly. \we were delayed in loading, and baffled by head winds and a heavy tumbling sea all the way north. then the fog kept us off the coast; and when i made port at last, it was too late to delay in those northern waters with such a vessel and such a crew as i had. they cared for nothing, and idled me into a fit of sickness; but my first mate was a good, excellent man, so we made what speed we could to get clear of hudsons bay. i meant it to be my last voyage in her, and so it proved. she had been an excellent vessel in her day. of the cowards aboard her i cant say so much.\ 	hen you were wrecked?\ i asked. 1 select all the correct answers. which two statements best express themes of the passage? when times are hard, the sea provides solace. the older people grow, the wiser they become. progress is a benefit to living in the modern age. travel enhances peoples knowledge of the world. people should value experience more than they do.

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# Brief Explanations:
The passage focuses on the sea - captain's travel experiences. His voyages and the challenges faced during them show how travel can enhance one's knowledge of the world. Also, his long - time experience as a sea - captain implies that experience is valuable, which is not always recognized enough. There is no mention of the sea providing solace in hard times, no indication that the older one gets the wiser one is, and no reference to progress in the modern age.
# Answer:
D. Travel enhances people’s knowledge of the world.
E. People should value experience more than they do.

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