Is he alone at whose right side rides Courage, with Skill within the cockpit and faith upon the left?
Does solitude surround the brave when Adventure leads the way and Ambition reads the dials? Is there no company with him, for whom the air is cleft by Daring and the darkness made light by Emprise?
True, the fragile bodies of his fellows do not weigh down his plane; true, the fretful minds of weaker men are missing from his crowded cabin; but as his airship keeps its course he holds communion with those rare spirits that inspire to intrepidity and by their sustaining potency give strength to arm, resource to mind, content to soul.
Alone?
With what other companions would man fly to whom the choice were given?
LINDBERGH FLIES ALONE
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Is he alone at whose right side rides Courage, with Skill within the cockpit and faith upon the left?
Does solitude surround the brave when Adventure leads the way and Ambition reads the dials? Is there no company with him, for whom the air is cleft by Daring and the darkness made light by Emprise?
True, the fragile bodies of his fellows do not weigh down his plane; true, the fretful minds of weaker men are missing from his crowded cabin; but as his airship keeps its course he holds communion with those rare spirits that inspire to intrepidity and by their sustaining potency give strength to arm, resource to mind, content to soul.
Alone?
With what other companions would man fly to whom the choice were given?
The New York SUN, May 22, 1927
The plot thickens. After this posting will Bennett decide to go it alone?
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