Comments on: On Titanic Day 2011 http://firstthings.com/blogs/evangel/2011/04/on-titanic-day-2011/ A First Things Blog Tue, 06 Nov 2012 13:35:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Ethan C. http://firstthings.com/blogs/evangel/2011/04/on-titanic-day-2011/#comment-18079 Ethan C. Tue, 19 Apr 2011 16:11:32 +0000 http://firstthings.com/blogs/evangel/?p=10844#comment-18079 I know the story's just apocryphal, but I wonder if his joy was ever tarnished by the thought of the poor woman he left behind to die in his stead? I know the story’s just apocryphal, but I wonder if his joy was ever tarnished by the thought of the poor woman he left behind to die in his stead?

]]> By: Chuck http://firstthings.com/blogs/evangel/2011/04/on-titanic-day-2011/#comment-18049 Chuck Mon, 18 Apr 2011 17:10:42 +0000 http://firstthings.com/blogs/evangel/?p=10844#comment-18049 There is an apocryphal story about the smartest man on the Titanic. Supposedly he dressed up as a woman and got on a lifeboat with his wife. So while all the other men were dying either bravely or cowardly, he survived, and had the joy of surviving with his wife. And that outweighs any social disapprobation. There is an apocryphal story about the smartest man on the Titanic. Supposedly he dressed up as a woman and got on a lifeboat with his wife. So while all the other men were dying either bravely or cowardly, he survived, and had the joy of surviving with his wife.

And that outweighs any social disapprobation.

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