The story of their gallantry came to epitomize a spirit of courage, duty and self-sacrifice. - Steve Turner

It wasn’t hard for people to see the Titanic as a metaphor for Western civilization’s obsessions with speed, wealth, and conquest at the expense of contemplation, sharing and the well-being of one’s neighbor.

The ship's orchestra of eight young men were standing knee deep in water playing.

The notes of this music were the last thing I heard before I went off the poop and felt myself going headlong into the icy water with the engines and machinery buzzing in my ears.