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Household Words (ekstra julenummer 06.12.1856), The Wreck of the Golden Mary.

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Electric communication will never be a substitute for the face of someone who with their soul encourages another person to be brave and true.

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O! what a thing it is, in a time of danger, and in the presence of death, the shining of a face upon a face! I have heard it broached that orders should be given in great new ships by electric telegraph. I admire machinery as much as any man, and am as thankful to it as any man can be for what it does for us. But, it will never be a substitute for the face of a man, with his soul in it, encouraging another man to be brave and true. Never try it for that. It will break down like a straw.