_:b6343485 . _:b6343485 "The action of trying at something. [1530]"@en . _:b6343488 "It was worth the attempt."@en . _:b6343489 "No matter how many failed attempts we made, we maintained a positive attitude and tried again and again until we succeeded."@en . _:b6343487 "This poem is much better than the feeble attempt of mine."@en . . _:b6343486 . _:b6343487 . _:b6343486 "We made an attempt to cross the stream, but didn't manage."@en . _:b6343490 "But was it responsible governance to pass the Longitude Act without other efforts to protect British seamen? Or might it have been subterfuge\u2014a disingenuous attempt to shift attention away from the realities of their life at sea"@en . _:b6343490 "2012 March, William E. Carter, Merri Sue Carter, \u201CThe British Longitude Act Reconsidered\u201D, in American Scientist\u200E[1], volume 100, number 2, page 87:"@en . _:b6343490 . "1" . _:b6343488 . _:b6343489 .