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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... lives through him . It pleases me here to find that selfsame " dark sense " which inspired my Prometheus to his paradox : " Man I love not ; I love that which devours him . " This is the mainspring of every act of heroism . “ We be ...
... lives through him . It pleases me here to find that selfsame " dark sense " which inspired my Prometheus to his paradox : " Man I love not ; I love that which devours him . " This is the mainspring of every act of heroism . “ We be ...
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... lives , young fellows ' lives , it has cost us ! It's a fine , solid thing and we must bow to its authority , of course ; but what a host of problems it pre- sents ! " With Rivière , however , nothing mat- tered save the end in view ...
... lives , young fellows ' lives , it has cost us ! It's a fine , solid thing and we must bow to its authority , of course ; but what a host of problems it pre- sents ! " With Rivière , however , nothing mat- tered save the end in view ...
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... lives to de- liver mail in flimsy crates ... Fabien , the youthful pilot , who sees in flying a chance for heroic action ... Rivière , his superior , who believes that man's salvation lies not in freedom but in the acceptance of duty ...
... lives to de- liver mail in flimsy crates ... Fabien , the youthful pilot , who sees in flying a chance for heroic action ... Rivière , his superior , who believes that man's salvation lies not in freedom but in the acceptance of duty ...
Contents
ALREADY BENEATH HIM THROUGH | 17 |
RIVIÈRE GLANCED AT THE PILOT | 33 |
AN HOUR LATER THE WIRELESS | 53 |
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