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1823
He is bound to be out of it, whoever else may be in. "If I had been at my post that day," he explains to his sobbing mother, "I should have been blown up, but the Providence that watches over good men had ordained that I should be laying blind drunk in Blogg's saloon at the time the explosion took place, and so the other engineer, who had been doing my work when it was his turn to be off, was killed along with the whole of the crew." "Ah, thank Heaven, thank Heaven for that!" HE IS BOUND TO BE OUT OF IT WHOEVER ELSE MAY BE IN IF I HAD BEEN AT MY POST THAT DAY HE EXPLAINS TO HIS SOBBING MOTHER I SHOULD HAVE BEEN BLOWN UP BUT THE PROVIDENCE THAT WATCHES OVER GOOD MEN HAD ORDAINED THAT I SHOULD BE LAYING BLIND DRUNK IN BLOCK'S SALOON AT THE TIME OF THE EXPLOSION TOOK PLACE AND SO THE OTHER ENGINEER WHO HAD BEEN DOING MY WORK WHEN HE WAS TOO STERN TO BE OFF WAS KILLED ALONG WITH ALL OF THE CREW OH THANK HEAVEN THANK HEAVEN FOR THAT
over precipices thousands of feet high and, bless you, it does them good--it is like a tonic to them. As for the young man that is coming home to see his girl, you simply can't kill him. Achilles was a summer rose compared with him. Nature and mankind have not sufficient materials in hand as yet to kill that man. Science has but the strength of a puling babe against his invulnerability. You can waste your time on earthquakes and shipwrecks, volcanic eruptions, floods, explosions, railway accidents, and such like sort of things, if you are foolish enough to do so; but it is no good your imagining that anything of the kind can hurt him, because it can't. There will be thousands of people killed, thousands in each instance, but one human being will always escape, and that one human being will be the stage young man who is coming home to see his girl. He is forever being reported as dead, but it always turns out to be another fellow who was like him or who had on his (the young man's) hat. IT THEY GET STABBED AND SHOT AND THROWN OVER PRECIPICES THOUSANDS OF FEET HIGH AND BLESS YOU IT DOES THEM GOOD IT'S LIKE A TONIC TO THEM AS FOR THE YOUNG MAN THAT IS COMING HOME TO SEE HIS GIRL YOU SIMPLY CANNOT KILL HIM ACHILLES WAS A SUMMER ROSE COMPARED WITH HIM NATURE AND MANKIND HAVE NOT SUFFICIENT MATERIALS IN HAND AS TO KILL THAT MAN SCIENCE HAS BUT THE STRENGTH OF PULLING BABE AGAINST HIS INVULNERABILITY YOU CAN WASTE YOUR TIME ON EARTHQUAKES AND SHIPWRECKS VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS FLOODS EXPLOSIONS RAILWAY ACCIDENTS AND SUCH LIKE SORT OF THINGS IF YOU ARE FOOLISH ENOUGH TO DO SO BUT IT IS NO GOOD YOU ARE IMAGINE THAT EVERYTHING OF THE KIND CAN HURT HIM BECAUSE HE CAN'T THERE WILL BE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE KILLED THOUSANDS IN EACH INSTANCE BUT ONE HUMAN BEING WILL ALWAYS ESCAPE THAT ONE HUMAN BEING WILL BE THE STAGE YOUNG MAN WHO IS COMING HOME TO SEE HIS GIRL HE IS FOREVER BEING REPORTED AS DEAD BUT HE ALWAYS TURNS OUT TO BE ANOTHER FELLOW WHO IS LIKE HIM OR WHO HAS HIS YOUNG MAN'S HAT
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