Modern Achievement Volume 9. Edward Everett Hale
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Author: Edward Everett Hale
Number of Pages: 140 pages
Published Date: 13 Sep 2013
Publisher: Rarebooksclub.com
Publication Country: United States
Language: English
Type: PDF
ISBN: 9781231003701
Download Link: Modern Achievement Volume 9
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Author: Edward Everett Hale
Number of Pages: 140 pages
Published Date: 13 Sep 2013
Publisher: Rarebooksclub.com
Publication Country: United States
Language: English
Type: PDF
ISBN: 9781231003701
Download Link: Modern Achievement Volume 9
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1902 edition. Excerpt: ... HEROISM OF WOMEN Grace Darling THE charming name of this brave girl has doubtless helped to keep her famous action in the public memory, as that of Florence Nightingale enhanced the affection with which the world regards the gentle minister of grace who brought "songs in the night" to the sufferers in the Crimea. The chronicles of the life-boat service glow with splendid examples of heroisms performed in the way of routine duty. The story of Grace Darling stands out from the rest by reason of the rescuer being a woman. The lighthouse on Longstone Island, off the coast of Northumberland, was in charge of William Darling. Here Grace Darling was born, on November 15,1816, her schoolroom being the lantern chamber. On the night of September 6, 1838, a sudden storm arose and the steamer "Forfarshire" struck on one of the neighboring Fern Islands and broke in two. William Darling learned of the disaster at three in the morning, and got ready to set out in his boat. Grace, a buoyant-hearted girl of two-and-twenty, said she would accompany her father. Mrs. Darling strongly objected, as the sea was terribly rough, and at last only consented on condition that she too should go. When the three were stepping into the boat her husband as emphatically protested against his wife going. He represented that, by occupying a place in the boat, she would deprive one passenger of a chance for life, whereas, by staying at home, she could do better service by making fires and preparing blankets and clothes and food for those he and Grace might rescue. She stayed behind, and we can partly imagine her agony of suspense during that hour of peering through the darkness for the returning boat. Darling was a master of his perilous business and knew how to head off a...
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