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famous people who missed the boat
imany influential people missed the titanic which began its
doomed voyage in 1912. 2for example, j. pierpont
morgan, the famous banker and creator of general electric
and u. s. steel, had arranged a personal suite and his own
private promenade deck on the ship. it sailed without him,
though, because morgan was continuing his vacation in
france instead of returning to the united states. as a
result, the "napoleon of wall street" avoided a watery
death. 5 another famous person who missed the boat is
alfred vandevbilt, who was an heir to the vandevbilt
shipping and railroad empire. vandevbilt cancelled his
voyage on the titanic last minute in order to lengthen his
european vacation. 7 unlike j. p. morgan though, vandevbilt
was fated to be lost at sea; three years after missing one
sinking ship, he died on another-the lusitania.
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source: daugherty, greg. "seven famous people who missed the titanic.'
smithsonian. com.. smithsonian inst. march 2012. web. 15 oct. 2012.
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the narrator is a first person, participant one, who describes in the simple past tense important and difficult events in his earlier life. he also provides temporal markers as the month (january) and the time (12: 30 pm). finally the account of his experience is very detailed, to the extent that a participant narrator would talk the same way about his experiences. a good example of such detail is the mention of the “bovril ration” which historically was a native american food adopted by european explorers in arctic and antarctic regions due to its high level of calories.

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"but, in a larger sense, we can not dedicate — we can not consecrate — we can not hallow — this ground. the brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract. the world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. it is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. it is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us— that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion—that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain—that this nation, under god, shall have a new birth of freedom—and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth. "