Титаник
Chapter 1
Faraway,furnacesweresmeltingthousandsandthousandsoftonsofrawmaterialthatfinallycametothisplaceintheformofgreatgirdersandvastlumpsofmetal,hugeframings,hundredsofmilesofstaysandrodsandstrapsofsteel,thousandsofplates,notoneofwhichtwentymencouldliftunaided;millionsofrivetsandboltsalltheheaviestandmostsinkablethingsintheworld.Andstillnothingintheshapeofashipthatcouldfloatuponthesea.Theseasonsfollowedeachother,thesunrosenowbehindtheheightsofCarrickfergusandnowbehindtheCopelandIslands;dailytheshipscameinfromfightingwiththeboisterousseas,andthetwograyhorsescanteredbesidethemastheyslidbetweentheislands;dailytheendlessuproarwenton,andthetangleofmetalbeneaththecathedralscaffoldinggrewdenser.Agreatroadofsteel,nearlyaquarterofamilelong,waslaidatlastaroadsoheavyandsoenduringthatitmighthavebeenbuiltforthetriumphalprogressofsomegiantrailwaytrain.Mensaidthatthisroadwaywasthekeelofaship;butyoucouldnotlookatitandbelievethem.
Thescaffoldinggrewhigher;andasitgrewtheironbranchesmultipliedandgrewwithit,higherandhighertowardsthesky,untilitseemedasthoughmanwererearingatemplewhichwouldexpressallheknewofgrandeurandsublimity,andallheknewofsolidityandpermanencesomethingthatshouldendurethere,rootedtothesoilofQueen’sIslandforever.Theuproarandtheagonyincreased.
