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You A re Not A l one
By Ji l l Summerh ays

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survey conduct ed in 1993 f or Time Magazine reveal ed
t hat 69% of Americans accept ed angel s as a f act and 49% said
t hey have t heir own guardian angel .
Joshua Sl ocum was sail ing f or Gibral t ar on t he f irst l eg of his
at t empt t o be t he f irst person t o circumnavigat e t he worl d
al one, when his 40 f oot sl oop he named ?Spray?was st ruck by a
viol ent squal l . To make mat t ers worse, Sl ocum became quit e
suddenl y seriousl y il l wit h f ood poisoning. He t hrew himsel f
on t he f l oor of t he cabin not f ar f rom t he wheel .
He was t hen visit ed by a ?st range guest ?, a t al l man whom he
bel ieved hel ped t o st eer t he Spray f or a 48 hour period
t hrough a dangerous st orm as he l ay incapacit at ed. In his
f amous book, ?Sail ing Around The Worl d Al one?, Sl ocum said, ?I
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