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there is a quotation, in this book, it is about a sardine telling its children after seeing a submarine, it says there goes my revenge, where tightly packed men in a steel container, etc. what exactly is this para? I need to quote it, I have forgotten and dont have the book.

Robert Downton It’s the introductory quote, just before Chapter 1. ‘Salvador Dali tells a fable of a sardine on the seabed who, seeing a submarine pass overhead, say…moreIt’s the introductory quote, just before Chapter 1. ‘Salvador Dali tells a fable of a sardine on the seabed who, seeing a submarine pass overhead, says to his children: “There goes our revenge: a great tin made of sheet-iron in which men, covered in oil, are held inside, pressed against each other” ‘. Apparently the original reads “That, my children, is our revenge which is passing: [etc]” (Esquire, 1942).(less)

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