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Show THEY WOULD SAY "CARRY ONI" Sentimentalism regarding the recent misfortunes of airmen no doubt will lead to much agitation to do away with further experiment in aerial travel and to stop appropriation for increasing the aircraft for commerce and defense. The heart of a nation is saddened over the fate of the Shenandoah. Shen-andoah. Other exploits and misfortunes which place human life in precarious precar-ious condition in attempts to fly above the earth have seemingly piled one upon the other in rapid succession. But these should not, nor will they, discourage or deter further development of both the airplane and airship. Men are prone to marvel at birdlike attempts to conquer the air. Fatalities of this nature appear more dreadful than those of other pursuits, but are they? The yearly toll of disasters in mine, in workshop and in transporta- ' tion by land does not call for the cessation of industry or travel. The auto mobile continues its frightful toll, and even with its daily harvest there is no sane thought of discontinuing its use. In many ways air travel, like the subway, will be found to be the safest kind of transportation. Those who have gone would say "Carry on!," The martyrdom of science and invention fills the pages of history and comes as a matter of course in human industry. What we need is not less experiment experi-ment but more, until there results a development so technically sound and scientifically certain that the millions will travel in safety through the dangers dang-ers for which the few have given their lives as warning signals. |