J. J. Bell, Little Grey Ships — Lusitania (1916)
“ For here were the powers of earth and air and water gathered together and harnessed in man's service, to work his will at the touch of a finger, the pressure of a foot. Fiery furnaces, compressed gases escaping, thundering pumps, prodigious flywheels, droning, buzzing, crackling dynamos—all, and a hundred others—swelled the chorus of work. ”
J. J. Bell, Little Grey Ships — Lusitania (1916)
“ But men also wrought with brawn, sinew and hands alone, feeding fires, tending engines, heaving and hauling till the sweat dropped, or doing tiny tasks as daintily as a surgeon operating on a brain. Sheer brute strength was spent alongside intelligent precision in its utmost delicacy. ”
J. J. Bell, Little Grey Ships — Lusitania (1916)
“ Clamour of human labour in all its harshness rose to pale blue skies kept clear by a light, steady breeze, while tall chimneys breathed forth their blackness, and short chimneys spewed fire, and slender chimneys gasped their vapours. ”
