From an early age, Ernest Shackleton was drawn to the sea.2 Many medical practitioners still subscribed to the ancient theory of the "four humors" developed by the Roman physician Galen (131-199 AD). 3 While he loved to read because it fueled his
appetite for adventure, young Shackleton was often bored in school. His father, a doctor, wanted Ernest to pursue medicine, but
he accepted the boy's restless nature and allowed him to join a southbound ship's crew when he was sixteen. 4 5Shackleton's
first experience at sea in 1890 was a difficult one, but he wasn't discouraged. In fact, he dreamed of going even farther south to
mysterious Antarctica.
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themes and meanings

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there are two central themes in  the miracle worker: that the human spirit can triumph over even the most daunting of disabilities and that a dedicated teacher can transform the lives of those with whom he or she comes into contact. these inspirational themes have long been personified in the widely known true-life relationship between helen keller and annie sullivan, but  the miracle worker  also dramatizes collateral issues that extend beyond the particular case. underlying helen’s process of learning basic principles of what annie terms “obedience” (decorum, etiquette, and hygiene), there are more universal lessons of self-governance—the inculcation of self-restraint instead of willfulness, the development of self-discipline instead of self-indulgence. only when these lessons have been mastered can helen begin to acquire language—which, annie says, “is to the mind more than light is to the eye.”