Word: safetyâ
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Dates: during 1924-1924
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...right herself. Of course, she is less comfortable for passengers than one who keeps an even keel in ordinary weathers; but by and large, she is the more seaworthy. The temptation to build ships that would not roll?in order to gain passengers at the expense of safety???is old, however. The Germans followed that line a while before the War. But the old temptation has fewer followers nowadays. With steam vessels, the foremost part of seamanship is to keep them headed into a storm. What danger then? Very little, unless the captain be drunk?or unless her driving force...
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