1. Seldom does an ambitious dream enjoy smooth sailing all the way to completion.
A. In spite of free supplies and volunteer labor, money was an over-pressing concern.
B. The thousands of well-wishers who waited on the dock in San Francisco to wave goodbye to HOPE’s first medical team were denied the spectacle.
C. Dr. Walsh was approached by an executive of the company that was going to operate the Hope on its maiden voyage.
D. In its fourteen years of bringing health care and education to people around the world, the SS Hope endured many stormy seas, and a few had nothing to do with the weather.
6. The man informed Walsh that the HOPE organisation had no line of credit and an advance of $500,000 were necessary.