Night FlightAfter a tragic crash in the Andes, an airport supervisor must decide whether to continue the "night flights" of the mail. |
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... duty commands Rivière in all things , " the dark sense of duty , greater than that of love . " Man is not to seek an end within himself but to submit and sacrifice his all to some strange thing that commands him and lives through him ...
... duty commands Rivière in all things , " the dark sense of duty , greater than that of love . " Man is not to seek an end within himself but to submit and sacrifice his all to some strange thing that commands him and lives through him ...
Page 58
... duty . Somewhere here a man was working that life and energy should persevere and thus the work goes on from post to post that , from Toulouse to Buenos Aires , the chain of flights should stay unbroken . " That fellow , " thought ...
... duty . Somewhere here a man was working that life and energy should persevere and thus the work goes on from post to post that , from Toulouse to Buenos Aires , the chain of flights should stay unbroken . " That fellow , " thought ...
Page 114
... duties are ? " Then he pushed open the door that led into the Business Office and saw how Fabien's dis- appearance was ... duty whose presence was no longer necessary . The functions of life were slowing down . That is death ! thought ...
... duties are ? " Then he pushed open the door that led into the Business Office and saw how Fabien's dis- appearance was ... duty whose presence was no longer necessary . The functions of life were slowing down . That is death ! thought ...
Contents
ALREADY BENEATH HIM THROUGH | 17 |
RIVIÈRE GLANCED AT THE PILOT | 33 |
AN HOUR LATER THE WIRELESS | 53 |
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