I'm A Sailor, Not A Politician.

As A Cabin Boy On A Norwegian Sailing Ship I Earned Five Kronen A Week In Addition To My Keep.

I Had To Examine Myself Very Thoroughly To Find The Right Path Personally.

Many Years Before, I Had Left A Beautiful Country And A Rich Nation And I Returned To That Country Six Years Later To Find It Fundamentally Changed And In A State Of Upheaval, And In Great Spiritual And Material Need.

Through The Young Men's Christian Association And Principally In Australia And North America, As Well As In South America, I Came Into Contact With Families Of These Countries.

It So Happened That I Was On A German Sailing Vessel On The Way To Australia When The Ship Was Captured, And On The High Seas I Was Made Prisoner By The French.