Soul Queen
09-01-2006, 09:54 PM
By One of the Survivors Lawrence Beesley.
I just finished this book and enjoyed it alot. It was interesting to read the point of view from one of the survivors. The sinking is very different than what the movies portrayed or what I had imagined.
This was written the same year in which the Titanic sank, so there wasn't too much remenicing about the tragedy.
The most noticeable thing about the recollection is how calm everyone was about getting on the lifeboats. This was because no one really thought the ship was sinking. Many of the people who were in the lifeboats did not even realize how many were still on the ship until it sank completely and individuals cried from the water.
Some good quotes:
"It is a blot on our civilization that these things are necessary from time to time, to arose those responsible for the safety of human life from the legargic selfishness which has governed them."
"the actual risk for a total loss by collision with an iceberg as accepted by insurance companies...one in a million." One in a million accident sunk the Titanic.
"We know no action begins without thought."
"The thing is a defect in human life of today-thoughtlessness for the well-being of our fellow-men; and we are all guilty of it in some degree."
I just finished this book and enjoyed it alot. It was interesting to read the point of view from one of the survivors. The sinking is very different than what the movies portrayed or what I had imagined.
This was written the same year in which the Titanic sank, so there wasn't too much remenicing about the tragedy.
The most noticeable thing about the recollection is how calm everyone was about getting on the lifeboats. This was because no one really thought the ship was sinking. Many of the people who were in the lifeboats did not even realize how many were still on the ship until it sank completely and individuals cried from the water.
Some good quotes:
"It is a blot on our civilization that these things are necessary from time to time, to arose those responsible for the safety of human life from the legargic selfishness which has governed them."
"the actual risk for a total loss by collision with an iceberg as accepted by insurance companies...one in a million." One in a million accident sunk the Titanic.
"We know no action begins without thought."
"The thing is a defect in human life of today-thoughtlessness for the well-being of our fellow-men; and we are all guilty of it in some degree."