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you are saying it would be God, please forgive me my sins, particularly at the last moment before death and our consignment to a common grave. Precisely. But more than that, a sense of More Page More Page Mary Ann Glendon guilt would afflict virtually all on the Titanic, not merely those of us at this table. Astor sniffed disdainfully. danny gans las vegas

I cant speak for anyone else, but I am quite sure guilt would not be among my final emotions., Concern for my wife, of course, would be More Page More Page Mary Ann Glendon uppermost. Remorse that I would not live to see my unborn child-a son, I hope, who will carry on the Astor name. But guilt? stucknut

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his own perfection. But guilt is a matter of More Page More Page Mary Ann Glendon degree. I can think of no major offense Ive committed, no heinous acts deserving of either legal or celestial censure. Wealth, Mr. Stead, is not a crime. Granted, Stead said, and I yield to no man in the delightful pursuit of wealth, which, cedric peerman

I have not More Page More Page Mary Ann Glendon been able to attain as successfully as you. Perhaps what I am referring to is the use of wealth. Or its misuse. Astor, his face coloring, started to speak, but Ismay broke in. I dont see you traveling second class or steerage, Mr. Stead. And I More Page More Page Mary Ann Glendon find your remarks concerning joe cocker

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The very essence of scientific progress! Science represents only a small segment of society, Stead said gently. Society also includes people like those traveling steerage on this same vessel, mostly More Page More Page Mary Ann Glendon Irish and other emigrants to the New World, fleeing the poverty and oppression of the Old. The Titanic is a cross section cedric peerman

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