Tragic Thoughts For An American
When an American met an Englishman friend in London he had this to say: “It is a tragic thing that you British people have fallen behind in production.” The Englishman asked him: “What ship are you going back on?” “The ‘Queen Elizabeth’,” he replied. “Well,” said the Englishman, “you will have several days to have second thoughts about British production. Walk about the ‘Queen Elizabeth’ and think.
“She is twice as large as the largest American ship. She is the most notable product of the human race thus far. No other country could have built her. It is a ‘tragic fact’ for Americans that she was built in England.”
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 14, Issue 57, 31 October 1949, Page 6
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114Tragic Thoughts For An American Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 14, Issue 57, 31 October 1949, Page 6
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