Amelia Halgren’s Reviews > The Loss of the S.S. Titanic: Its Story and Its Lessons > Status Update

Ahhh! There it is....!!!

“But what controlled the situation principally was the quality of obedience and respect for authority which is a dominant characteristic of the Teutonic race.”

“As the sense of fear ebbed and flowed, it was so obviously a thing within one's own power to control, that, quite unconsciously realizing the absolute necessity of keeping cool, every one for his own safety put away the thought of danger as far as was possible. “

“Where they have all failed morally is to extend to their passengers the consideration that places their lives as of more interest to them than any other conceivable thing. They are not alone in this... thoughtlessness for the well-being of our fellow-men... It is folly for the public to rise up now and condemn the steamship companies: their failing is the common failing of the immorality of indifference.”

“the more information that comes to hand of the conduct of the people on board, the more wonderful seems the complete self-control of all, even when the last boats had gone and nothing but the rising waters met their eyes”

...our author seems at great pains to make this point