Night FlightAn adventure story about the men who risked their lives flying the first commercial air mail routes in the early 1930's. |
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A sense of duty commands Riviere 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.
A sense of duty commands Riviere 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.
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gently up, pressing itself against the operator's limbs; and then it seemed to melt
away, leaving him for some seconds floating in the darkness, levitated. He clung
to the steel bulwarks with both hands. The red lamp in the cockpit was all that ...
gently up, pressing itself against the operator's limbs; and then it seemed to melt
away, leaving him for some seconds floating in the darkness, levitated. He clung
to the steel bulwarks with both hands. The red lamp in the cockpit was all that ...
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against odds, while deadly quicksands sucked him down into the darkness. He
read his height, sixteen hundred— just the level of the hills. He guessed their
towering billows hard upon him, for now it seemed that all these earthen
monsters, ...
against odds, while deadly quicksands sucked him down into the darkness. He
read his height, sixteen hundred— just the level of the hills. He guessed their
towering billows hard upon him, for now it seemed that all these earthen
monsters, ...
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Contents
SERVICE | 15 |
THE SOUND OF THE DISTANT ENGINE SWELLED | 21 |
RIVIERE GLANCED AT THE PILOT | 31 |
Copyright | |
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air-mail airport amongst anchorage Asuncion mail Bahia Blanca beneath bineau Brazil breath Buenos Aires calm Chile clear sky clouds cockpit crew cyclone dark death eczema engine Europe mail eyes Fabien Fabien's wife face feel fellow flying golden grew gyroscope hands hear heart heavy hour human Inspector Robineau knew lamp land landing-ground Leroux light lips little towns lives looked lost man's manometers minutes Monsieur Robineau moon murmured mused neau ness night flights orders paper passed his finger Patagonia mail peace Pellerin perhaps pilot PILOT'S WIFE pity plane Riviere felt Riviere thought Riviere's Robineau felt rose San Antonio San Julian secret seemed shadow ship shoulders signal silence slowly smile snow somewhere squalls stars storm sure telegrams thing thought Riviere thousand to-night touch Trelew trivial objects turned victory voice wait watched weather reports wind wireless operator
Bibliographic information
| Title | Night Flight Volume 7 of Modern masterpieces in English |
| Author | Antoine de Saint-Exup©♭ry |
| Translated by | Stuart Gilbert, André Gide |
| Contributor | André Gide |
| Publisher | Century Company, 1932 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 13 Nov 2007 |
| Length | 198 pages |
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