#  Deep dive 

 





December 02, 2015

 

 

In 1962, President John F. Kennedy [addressed](http://www.jfklibrary.org/Research/Research-Aids/JFK-Speeches/Americas-Cup-Dinner_19620914.aspx) a roomful of America’s Cup sailors, touching on the peculiar relationship humankind has with the sea.

“We have salt in our blood, in our sweat, in our tears. We are tied to the ocean. And when we go back to the sea, whether it is to sail or to watch it, we are going back from whence we came.”

Visitors to the new marine life gallery at the Harvard Museum of Natural History (HMNH) are greeted by that quote. And when they lift their eyes to look inside, they might almost hear the ocean’s swoosh. Almost. [Read more](http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2015/12/deep-dive/?utm_source=SilverpopMailing&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=12.02.2015%20(1)).



 

 

 



 

 

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