Here are the quotations for this week (August 19th to 25th):
1. …The turbines whistle reflectively. From the low-arched expansion-tanks
on either side, the valves descend pillar-wise to the turbine-chests, and
thence the obedient gas whirls through the spirals of blades with a force
that would whip the teeth out of a power saw. Behind, is its own pressure
held in leash, or spurred on by the lift-shunts…
2. I… 'You can tell your mates that even in that place, at that time,
hanging on the wet, weedy edge of death, our Bishop, a Christian, counselled
me, a heathen, to stand by my fathers' gods. I tell you now that a faith
which takes care that every man shall keep faith, even though he may save
his soul by breaking faith, is the faith for a man to believe in'…
3. ...All three cylinders were white with the salt spray that had come down
through the engine-room hatch; there was white fur on the canvas-bound
steam-pipes, and even the bright-work deep below was speckled and soiled;
but the cylinders had learned to make the most of steam that was half water,
and were pounding along cheerfully…
The sources of last week’s extracts (August 12th to 18th) are as follows:
1. (’a man who loved a woman might threaten her in the hope that his
threats might make her love him.. ..) This from “Gloriana” in Rewards and
Fairies.
2. (…’a faith which takes care that every man shall keep faith, even though
he may save his soul by breaking faith, is the faith for a man to believe
in'…) This is from "The Conversion of St Wilfrid" in Rewards and Fairies.
3. (…’You've taken my men out of my command. I should only be your butcher
if I killed him now.’…
) This is from "A Centurion of the Thirtieth" in Puck of Pook's Hill.
Good wishes to all
John R
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