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It's all right to drill your crew, but why not drill the passengers.Erik Larson
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He disliked the social obligations of the captaincy.Erik Larson
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Wasplike with their long slender hulls, these were ships not seen in these waters before. They approached in a line, each flying a large American flag. To the hundreds of onlookers by now gathered on shore, many also carrying American flags, it would be a sight they would never forget and into which they read great meaning. These were the descendants of the colonials returning now at Britain's hour of need.. .Erik Larson
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They looked more like day laborers than seamen.Erik Larson
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There were always those passengers who came aboard bearing grudges against the modern age.Erik Larson
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Murder was a fascination as always.Erik Larson
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New York's perennial attraction was shopping.Erik Larson
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If you had to jump six or seven feet or certainly drown, it's surprising how far even older people will jump.Erik Larson
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I always thought a shipwreck was a well-organized affair, but I've learned the devil a lot in the last five minutes.Erik Larson
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During World War I, Germany had only 25 of its vaunted submarines sailing at any one time.Erik Larson
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My prophetic task would be twofold: to stand up to him, and to stand by him. To awaken his conscience, and to salve the pain this would cause him.Erik Larson
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My between-books strategy was reading voraciously and on a whim.Erik Larson