In the last moments of the great ship's doom, when all was plainly lost, when braver and hardier men might almost have been excused for doing practically anything to save themselves, they stood responsive to their conductor's baton and played a recessional tune.
Steve Turner
Wallace Hartley: I've always felt that, when men are called to face death suddenly, music is are more effective in cheering them on than all the firearms in creation.
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The ship's orchestra of eight young men were standing knee deep in water playing.
They were brave and splendid, all the men. They died like brave men.
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