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...people realize that the attempt to construct theatres on the basis of acoustical experiments goes back at least to George Saunders designs of 1790. And those who have not yet had the thrill of visiting the Grand Opera in Paris (1861-75) can get an idea of this magnificent building and its celebrated staircase from three engraving here...
...yourself considering, "What am I doing?" But tremendous curiosity wins out over tremendous fear, and the result is an adventure so intense that you become, for a while afterward either romantic or philosophical. As for the curiosity, just ask someone who hasn't jumped, "Skydiving must be a real thrill, don't you think?" Then ask him, "Would you like to try it this weekend?" And so you see the fear. For before he answers, he'll think of violent death--as do most people when they're asked to go parachuting, when they imagine themselves-not others-falling through...
...only jump, that the experience of parachuting can get through to you pretty deeply. It can force you in on yourself as never before, and it can take you away from yourself--for four seconds--as never before. It isn't all terror, nor is it all thrill. Nor does the adventure last for only the few minutes of decent from exit to landing...
...because they think that the good life must have frequent bouts with danger; others do it for therapeutic reasons in times of despair. A few do it to prove to themselves--and, perhaps, to others--that they are men. And, of course, there are those who just seek the thrill...
...abandonment of the old headquarters at Sidi-bel-Abbès makes many Legionnaires feel that the days of glory are over. They cannot get the old thrill from plans to reshape the Legion into a crack, technical-minded force able to carry out all tasks, including nuclear ones. The change of headquarters from sun-scorched Sidi-bel-Abbes to the French mainland has been accompanied by a sharp decline in candidates for enlistment. An ex-Legionnaire, who was not surprised, grumbled, "Men joined the Foreign Legion for adventure, to see camels, giraffes and Tonkinese girls-not the suburbs...