Night FlightWinner of the 1931 Prix Femina, the novel concerns the perils of pioneer aviation, and is a fictionalized account of the author's own experience. "An enduring modern classic and the best description of flight in print" (Schiff, 205, 210). |
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Page viii
... pity . I show little pity , or I hide it . My power sometimes amazes me . " And , again : " Love the men under your orders , but do not let them know it . " A sense of duty commands Rivière in all things , " the dark sense of duty ...
... pity . I show little pity , or I hide it . My power sometimes amazes me . " And , again : " Love the men under your orders , but do not let them know it . " A sense of duty commands Rivière in all things , " the dark sense of duty ...
Page 86
... pity ? Life is so full of contradictions ; a man muddles through it as best he can . But to endure , to create , to barter this vile body . · As if to conclude his musings he pressed the bell - push . " Ring up the pilot of the Europe ...
... pity ? Life is so full of contradictions ; a man muddles through it as best he can . But to endure , to create , to barter this vile body . · As if to conclude his musings he pressed the bell - push . " Ring up the pilot of the Europe ...
Page 101
... pity . I show little pity , or I hide it .. Sure enough it would be fine to create friendships and human kindness around me . A doctor can enjoy that in the course of his profession . But I'm the servant of events and , to make others ...
... pity . I show little pity , or I hide it .. Sure enough it would be fine to create friendships and human kindness around me . A doctor can enjoy that in the course of his profession . But I'm the servant of events and , to make others ...
Contents
EVENING | 3 |
SERVICE | 15 |
THE SOUND OF THE DISTANT ENGINE SWELLED | 21 |
Copyright | |
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