making headway bigger and faster all – the time. And then ships. Why, a friend of mine went over this new liner last week the Titanic – she sails next week forty-six thousand eight – – hundred tons - forty-six thousand eight hundred New York in five days and every luxury and – – – unsinkable, absolutely unsinkable.” twenty or thirty years’ time let’s say, in “In – 1940 you may be giving a little party like this – – your son or daughter might be getting engaged and I tell you, by that time you’ll be living in a – world that will have forgotten all these Capital versus Labour agitations and all these silly little war scares. There’ll be peace and prosperity and rapid progress everywhere except of course in – Russia, which will always be behindhand naturally.” what so many of you don’t seem to “But understand now, when things are so much easier, is that a man has to make is own way – has to look after himself and his family too of – course, when he has one and so long as he – does that he won’t come to much harm.” the way some of cranks talk and write “But now, you’d think everybody has to look after everybody else, as if we were all mixed up together like bees in a hive community and all – that nonsense.” How is Mr Birling presented in extracts? Key Quotation Key Quotation
making headway – bigger and faster all the time. And then ships. Why, a friend of mine went over this new liner last week – the Titanic – she sails next week – forty-six thousand eight hundred tons - forty-six thousand eight hundred – New York in five days – and every luxury – and unsinkable, absolutely unsinkable.” “In twenty or thirty years’ time – let’s say, in 1940 – you may be giving a little party like this – your son or daughter might be getting engaged – and I tell you, by that time you’ll be living in a world that will have forgotten all these Capital versus Labour agitations and all these silly little war scares. There’ll be peace and prosperity and rapid progress everywhere – except of course in Russia, which will always be behindhand naturally.” “But what so many of you don’t seem to understand now, when things are so much easier, is that a man has to make is own way – has to look after himself – and his family too of course, when he has one – and so long as he does that he won’t come to much harm.” “But the way some of cranks talk and write now, you’d think everybody has to look after everybody else, as if we were all mixed up together like bees in a hive – community and all that nonsense.” How is Mr Birling presented in extracts? Key Quotation Key Quotation
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